2016-10-17 3:27 GMT+08:00 David Sommerseth <open...@sf.lists.topphemmelig.net>: > On 15/10/16 15:34, Gert Doering wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 08:47:38PM +0800, Hongyi Zhao wrote: >>>>> Can I preserve the tun device from being deleted on the client side after >>>>> the connection was closed or the server side is unavailable? >>>> >>>> Depends on the operating system used, but generally yes. >>> >>> I use Debian and always find that the tun device will be deleted >>> automatically after the server side is down/unavailable/closed. >>> >>> So, how can I preserve that tun device for my case? >> >> precreate: >> >> $ openvpn --mktun tun4 >> >> and then use that >> >> $ openvpn --dev tun4 ... >> >> (on BSDs, one would do "ifconfig tun4 create", but Linux' ifconfig cannot >> do that) > > openvpn --mktun is the "light weight" approach which works quite well on > Linux, especially when you want to use it for OpenVPN tasks. > > Otherwise there is tunctl which can be used to create tun/tap devices > which can also set a few more advanced options, which generally do not > make much of a difference for OpenVPN configurations.
Thanks for letting me know this tool. Regards > > > -- > kind regards, > > David Sommerseth > -- Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences GnuPG DSA: 0xD108493 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users
