From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 2 07:38:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA15747 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 07:38:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA15732; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 07:38:46 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199609021438.HAA15732@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Kernel woes To: spatula@gulf.net (Nick Johnson) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 07:38:45 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Nick Johnson" at Sep 2, 96 09:07:57 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Nick Johnson wrote: > > I have just completed recompiling my kernel a dozen times, each time > trying out different options to try to narrow down what is going on here, > but I haven't had much luck yet. The problem I'm having is that all my > network operations are returning a "Permission denied" error, and so my > networking is completely useless. I've gone so far as to look at the > configuration file for my old system (which worked) and there aren't any > significant differences, and even those have nothing to do with the network. did you include "options IPFIREWALL" in your kernel configuration file? the default configuration is to block all packets. which packets to allow in or out should be determined by the end-user. so, ip firewalling is an option, but once enabled it is up to you to configure the ip firewall. take a look at the example(s) in /usr/src/etc/rc.firewall jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB