Re: trouble with ipf

[Michael Litchard <michael%schmong.org@localhost>]

That was it, I thought I had already activated it, but hadn't. I
wanted to make sure things were working before putting an entry in
rc.conf.

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Greg A. Woods<woods%planix.com@localhost> 
wrote:
> At Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:25:49 -0700, Michael Litchard 
> <michael%schmong.org@localhost> wrote:
> Subject: trouble with ipf
>>
>> I'm having some trouble with ipf right now. I'm not sure how to start
>> the troubleshooting process.
>> Any direction on this matter would be appreciated.
>> Here's some relevant information
>>
>> michael# /sbin/ipf -Fa
>> ioctl(SIOCIPFFL): Input/output error
>
> Could it be as simple as not yet having IPF enabled?
>
> i.e. have you run:
>
>        /sbin/ipf -E
>
> first?  (it can be done with the first flush:  "ipf -E -F a"
>
> This should be done automatically by /etc/rc.d/ipfilter if you simply
> set "ipfilter=YES" in /etc/rc.conf and reboot.
>
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