On 2003-02-21 20:08, Jim Xochellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 4.7(i386) Release router I am trying to make it run > with the ipf firewall on. > > I have compiled and installed a new kernel with ipf support and then I > put the following lines inside my rc.conf file: > > ipfilter_enable="YES" > ipfilter_program="/sbin/ipf -Fa -f" > ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf.rules" > ipfilter_flags="" > > The problem is that, when I boot, ipf does not work. It seems like is > not using the rules.
Don't change ipfilter_program if you don't have a *very* good reason for doing so: $ grep ipfilter_program /etc/defaults/rc.conf ipfilter_program="/sbin/ipf" # where the ipfilter program lives Before you change one of the xxx_program options in rc.conf you should make sure that you understand what this change will affect, by looking at the /etc/rc* scripts: $ grep -l ipfilter_program /etc/rc* rc.network $ grep ipfilter_program /etc/rc.network ${ipfilter_program:-/sbin/ipf} -Fa ${ipfilter_program:-/sbin/ipf} \ ${ipfilter_program:-/sbin/ipf} -6 \ ${ipfilter_program:-/sbin/ipf} -y ${ipfilter_flags} >/dev/null By setting ipfilter_program to "/sbin/ipf -Fa -f", that first line of rc.network became: /sbin/ipf -Fa -f -Fa which doesn't work. Similarly, the -f option at the end of your ipfilter_program value broke all the rest of the ipf commands in /etc/rc.network. Delete the ipfilter_program line from your rc.conf and the default will work fine. Here's what I have in my rc.conf for ipfilter and ipmon: $ grep '^ip[fm]' /etc/rc.conf ipfilter_enable="YES" ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf.rules" ipmon_enable="YES" ipmon_flags="-D -s -o I" - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message