Re: Red Hat 7.2 and example firewall script

[Stephan André Schmidt <stephanandre schmidt uni-bielefeld de>]

Am 2001.12.02 16:27 schrieb(en) Mike A. Harris:
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Stephan André Schmidt wrote:
>
> >Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:06:23 +0100
> >From: Stephan André Schmidt <stephanandre schmidt uni-bielefeld de>
> >To: enigma-list redhat com
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> >List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 7.2 (Enigma)
> <enigma-list.redhat.com>
> >Subject: Red Hat 7.2 and example firewall script
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I have been using the example firewall script (modified a bit to suite
> my
> >needs) from
> >http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/tips/firewall/firewallservice.html
>
> >from 6.2 to 7.1. Now, under 7.2, it seems that this ipchains based
> script
> >does not work anymore. I have turned on the ipchains compatibility mode
> in
> >the kernel sources but doing a '/etc/init.d/firewallss
> start/status/stop'
> >does not give me any output. Does 7.2 not support ipchains based scripts
>
> >anymore?
>
> You have to load the ipchains kernel module via modprobe before
> using ipchains.
>
> In 7.1, due to a bug, the ipchains module got loaded by accident
> automatically.

Hm, doing a 'modprobe ipchains' before executing the firewall script does 
not change anything comparing it to the above described situation. 
Starting/Stopping the firewall script does not give any result.

Stephan
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