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From: Marcus Keane <keanem@indigo.ie>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ipfw doesn't work??
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 19:07:43 +0100
Organization: Indigo
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tedm@portsoft.com wrote:
> In <3353B44F.C207115E@indigo.ie>, Marcus Keane <keanem@indigo.ie>
> writes:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> >The only thing is that *anything* I enter is rejected.
> >e.g.
> >/sbin/ipfw add 1000 pass all from 127.0.0.1 to 127.0.0.1
> >
> >gives the "usage" error.
> >
>
> After having just gone through this process a day ago, I can verify
> that ipfw does
> indeed properly work under FreeBSD when the kernel is properly
> built. ;-)
>
> I suggest you start by posting your kernel config file and review
> the instructions
> for recompiling your kernel.
>
> Ted
I neglected to add that I wasn't running named, just using the
/etc/hosts and /etc/networks config. Since then I installed a
caching-only nameserver and IPFW worked perfectly.
Marcus.
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