R. Brett Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Can someone explain the basic differences between ipportfw and ipautofw.
I wrote up a very long post on this subject. Is it in the archives? Do
people check the archives before asking questions? :)
> Also, what does modprobe do that insmod doesn't?
Insmod loads a single module. Modprobe looks at /etc/conf.modules and
also looks at the tree of dependencies between modules, and will load
all the modules required by the one you're trying to load.
If you're just loading a single module, like ip_masq_ftp, that doesn't
require any other modules, then insmod and modprobe amount to the same
thing. If it's a module like ppp or lp, that requires a half-dozen
other modules loaded first, modprobe will succeed where insmod will fail.
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