Try chmod 777 or even chown or chgrp it to your userid or group. That's what I did several years ago when I was using /dev/net/tun. Pretty much once the device is there (module loaded, or kernel recognizing tun), the permissions need to be accessible just as if it were a file. Thanks, Dan Lund It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope. -Niccolo Machiavelli On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote: > So I tried (out of desperation) mknod -m 777 /dev/net/tun c 10 200 But > was greeted with the same error --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss