Re: [gentoo-user] OT - ipkungfu

[Andrew Frink]

On 1/11/06, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 16:30 -0500, Andrew Frink wrote:
>
>
> On 1/11/06, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>         I'm trying to install ipkungfoo on my server box.  I followed
>         the
>         instructions in the README file.  When I went to start it, it
>         gave me a
>         string of errors, that I'm not sure how to fix:
>
>         bullet ipkungfu # ipkungfu
>         Checking configuration...
>         FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
>         iptables v1.3.4: can't initialize iptables table `filter':
>         iptables who?
>         (do you need to insmod?)
>         Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
>
>         ipkungfu can't create new chains or the script was interrupted
>         previously!
>         Flushing iptables rulesets...
>         FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
>         iptables v1.3.4: can't initialize iptables table `filter':
>         iptables who?
>         (do you need to insmod?)
>         Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
>         Clearing old chains and tables...
>         cat: /proc/net/ip_tables_names: No such file or directory
>         Your kernel lacks LOG support required by this script.
>         Aborting.
>
>         Any clues?  It sounds to me like it's a kernel module thing,
>         but what
>         would a kernel module have to do with a firewall?  It said
>         that iptables
>         might be out of date, but iptables was emerged right before
>         ipkungfu.
>         If it matters, the kernel info is:
>
>         bullet ipkungfu # uname -a
>         Linux bullet 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Mon Dec 26 14:54:40 CST
>         2005 i586
>         AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
>
>
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>
> Michael,
> there is a whole section in menuconfig "netfilter" the firewall is a
> kernel thing. you need to have support in your kernel, although i
> would thing the iptables ebuild would look for it.
>
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Would that be Networking-->Networking Options-->Network Packet Filtering
(replaces ipchains) off of genkernel --menuconfig all?

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Yes that would be it.
-Cynyr


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