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-rw-r--r--doc.Linux/net.example4
-rw-r--r--net.Linux/tuntap.sh23
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc.Linux/net.example b/doc.Linux/net.example
index 9cdea36d..49e608e0 100644
--- a/doc.Linux/net.example
+++ b/doc.Linux/net.example
@@ -768,7 +768,9 @@
# For passing custom options to tunctl use something like the following. This
# example sets the owner to adm
#tunctl_tun1="-u adm"
-# When using openvpn, there are no options
+# OpenVPN-2.1_rc6 and newer allow --user and --group to set owner and group
+# of the node as well
+#openvpn_tun1="--user foo --group bar"
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Bridging (802.1d)
diff --git a/net.Linux/tuntap.sh b/net.Linux/tuntap.sh
index 7c789620..62008135 100644
--- a/net.Linux/tuntap.sh
+++ b/net.Linux/tuntap.sh
@@ -32,12 +32,25 @@ tuntap_pre_start()
# Set the base metric to 1000
metric=1000
- if type tunctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
- local opts=
- eval opts=\$tunctl_${IFVAR}
- tunctl ${opts} -t "${IFACE}" >/dev/null
+ local o_opts= t_opts= do_open=false do_tunctl=false
+ eval o_opts=\$openvpn_${IFVAR}
+ eval t_opts=\$tunctl_${IFVAR}
+
+ if [ -n "${o_opts}" ] && type openvpn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ do_open=true
+ elif [ -n "${t_opts}" ] && type tunctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ do_tunctl=true
+ elif type openvpn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+ do_openvpn=true
+ else
+ do_tunctl=true
+ fi
+
+ if ${do_openvpn}; then
+ openvpn --mktun --dev-type "${tuntap}" --dev "${IFACE}" \
+ ${o_opts} >/dev/null
else
- openvpn --mktun --dev-type "${tuntap}" --dev "${IFACE}" >/dev/null
+ tunctl ${t_opts} -t "${IFACE}" >/dev/null
fi
eend $? && _up && service_set_value tuntap "${tuntap}"
}