On Monday 22 October 2007, Richard wrote:
> I'm using 1.5.0_OSE, virtualbox-1.5.0-6mdv2008.0

To make this clear: This is the OSE version compiled by Mandriva
itself and not by innotek.

> without the built in manual, I'm using the manual from
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/End-user_documentation
> the commands VBoxAddIF and others dont exist on this system, and it s
> very vaugue as to what the user should be when tuctl is used to create
> the tap device.
>
> ie. what should the user be in this line :-
> tunctl -t tap1 -u <user>
>
> I've myself as a user as well as  vbox, I've created a group
> "vboxusers" and made /dev/net/tun part of that group.
> I've followed the advance networking howto
> http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Advanced_Networking_Linux.

This will not work for newer kernels. The innotek binaries contain
the /etc/init.d/vboxnet script for setting up the bridge stuff during
boot. The OSE version does not contain the script.

> I've noted there is a binary available for MDV2007.1 which is version
> 1.5.2, however the version distributed with MDV2008 is 1.5.0.
> I don't want to load the MDV2007.1 binary as the headers will point to
> an old distribution.

Can you explain this a bit more? Which headers will point to an old
version?

Kind regards,

Frank
-- 
Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert    innotek GmbH, http://www.innotek.de

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