Re: Question about how to load ipchains with RH-7.1.

[John Summerfield <summer os2 ami com au>]

> I just upgraded to the new 2.4.5 kernel and I built it with ipchains so I
> could continue using my pmfirewall. After the boot, the firewall had
> failed to start because the ipchains module wasn't loaded.
> 
> 1. How can I make the ipchains module load on demand?

I'm pretty sure you don't.

> 2. If I can't cause it to load on demand, where should I do the load so
> that it happens before the start of pmfirewall?

Front of the script?

I've not used ipchains on RHL 7.x, and I'm using IP tables on RHL 6.2. 
I don't need to worry about firewalling until I go internetting, so 
that's when I do it.


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