IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel not working

[fastolfe]

I noticed that my system has IPv6 support enabled, since my lo network interface has an inet6 addr, and I can successfully ping6 ::1. Based on reading the forums, I understand that native IPv6 support is unavailable to VPS systems.

So, instead, I'm trying to set up a tunnel. It does not appear, though, that the kernel supports tunneling. Even after creating the missing /dev/net/tun (with mode 666 even), I get errors with aiccu like:

Jun 16 07:37:58 fastolfe aiccu: [tun-start] Couldn't open device /dev/net/tun: Permission denied (13)

And trying to create a sit tunnel by hand:

# ip tunnel add sixxs mode sit local ... remote ...
ioctl: No such device

Is tunneling intentionally disabled in the kernel, or is there a way I can enable it?

[meinemitternacht]

Are you running Xen or OpenVZ?

[fastolfe]

Originally Posted by meinemitternacht

Are you running Xen or OpenVZ?

I was running OpenVZ, but ended up just switching to Xen. I have all of this working now. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

David

[meinemitternacht]

Ok Xen is more suited for this avenue of development currently, I do believe.