Description of problem: With kernels >= 2.6.18, creation of the tap device requires CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. As a result, qemu can't create the tap device. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: One workaround is to use tunctl from the User Mode Linux uml_utils available via http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/dl-sf.html. The Copyright statement in the spec file needs to be changed to License. After that, an rpmbuild generates an rpm. It would be nice to have that in extras.
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
QEMU requires root to create TAP devices. This is expected behaviour. Use VDE or one of the non-TAP based networking options if running as non-root