Bug 228203

Summary:	RFE: Include tunctl for creation of tap devices
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Till Maas <opensource>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	rawhide	CC:	arnd, hdegoede, mkistler
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	FutureFeature
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.user-mode-linux.org/cvs/checkout/tools/tunctl/tunctl.c?rev=1.4
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Description Till Maas 2007-02-11 13:40:22 UTC

http://www.user-mode-linux.org/cvs/*checkout*/tools/tunctl/tunctl.c?rev=1.4

Please include tunctl in qemu because afaik it is the only way to use qemu with
tap? network interfaces without the need to run qemu as root. As root one can
create a tap device for a special user with tunctl that can be used by that user
in qemu.

Comment 1 David Woodhouse 2007-02-11 15:43:04 UTC

There are other packages which could do with tunctl. Actually it's probably
better off being combined into iproute2 and also having proper support for it
added to initscripts.

Comment 2 Till Maas 2007-06-28 17:21:55 UTC

Will it become part of iproute2 or be supported in initscripts any time soon? If
not, I am going to package it as an individual package.

Comment 3 Till Maas 2007-07-01 21:49:46 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> Will it become part of iproute2 or be supported in initscripts any time soon? If
> not, I am going to package it as an individual package.

I have a new idea. It seems I should be able to create a patch for ifup to
support Virtual Interfaces that are created with tunctl. Would you accept such a
patch given it is in a good shape? How are the chances to get this into Fedora
8, when I write this patch, soon?

Comment 4 Jon Stanley 2008-04-23 20:28:32 UTC

Adding FutureFeature keyword to RFE's.

Comment 6 Bill Nottingham 2008-07-03 18:38:26 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 453973 ***