At 17:57 04.12.2001 +1100, you wrote: >I have just dedicated one of my machines as a Linux server. Installed >Mandrake 8.1 and chose server partitioning. Almost everything works great! > >That is it does immediately after I set up internet connection sharing, but >after a server reboot I can no longer use the shared connection until I >configure it again. > >i.e. I use the wizard in DrakConf. It tells me that this is already >configured. I click on the Configure button anyway and it reruns the scripts >and everything works again. > >Reboot and it's no go. It's a dialup connection and it still dials OK - is >then accessable from the server, but not to the client machines. > >I'm planning to do the server tutorial stuff and learn what's behind the >wizard, but right now I need a quick fix (don't we all!), or at least a >starting point on where to look for a diagnostic. > >As always, any help is much appreciated. > >cheers >/Brian > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
hmm....u could try to locate the script that runs behind the wizard by searching for it in the /etc/rc.d/ path. as internet connection sharing is done by ipchains or iptables (as long as u do masquerading and not caching - and i assume u use masquerading) there should be ipchains/-tables commands in the script that sets up the internet connection sharing. so try to grep for all ipchains/iptables commands located in scripts in the /etc/rc.d/ path: grep ipchains /etc/rc.d/* or grep iptables /etc/rc.d/* if u use iptables. this will give u an output for all scripts in this path that have "ipchains" or "iptables" in it. maybe u are able to find the responsible script this way..... this is only a guess - i really dont know what the wizard does - since i do almost everything in console... give it a try.... --quaylar
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