Excellent!! someone who is using SuSE 6.1......
(Apologies for using M$ Outlook... its what I use at work!)
I have a little bit of a prob.... I have dynamic IP and keep getting an
annoying error message about not setting up the dummy routes I put in
initially...
(SuSE 6.1, kernel 2.2.10, stock SuSE install??)
Help!!
Thanx
Neil
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From: Ralph Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Cc: Jim Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: 01 July 1999 13:12
Subject: Re: Neophyte & diald
>"Robert C. Paulsen, Jr." wrote:
>
>> Jim Adams wrote:
>> >
>> > Being a relative neophyte here come the silly question(s). I promise
not
>> > to be a constant pest, just wanna' learn.
>> > My current linux kernel is 2.2.9. What would be the best and easiest to
>> > install version of diald? I have noticed that the newer versions aren't
>> > available as an (don't leave) RPM. I likr RPMs because if I mess
>> > something up it is relatively easy to remove it.
>
>diald has a very small footprint. Get the source tarball, unpack it and
have a
>look inside the Makefile, at the "install" target. There are only half a
dozen
>files that get installed. Make a list of them and uninstalling diald is
just a
>matter of removing those files plus any connect scripts you write yourself.
>
>> I woould like to be able
>> > to use my linux box as a gateway to the outside using ipfwadm, masq,
and
>> > diald. Anyone care to throw in their $.02 worth?
>
>This is trivial on SuSE 6.1 though I haven't used Red Hat since 5.0 blew up
in
>my face. Unfortunately for Red Hat users the SuSE firewall and masquerade
>packages are quite tightly integrated with the SuSE configuration script
and
>boot script organization.
>
>NB. Since you have a 2.2 kernel you should be using ipchains, not ipfwadm.
>ipchains is much simpler to use IMO, it has a lovely clean design. I think
you
>need to enable support for it in your kernel configuration though.
>
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