From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 8 15:56:20 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8596516A46D for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:56:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schneecrash@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F3A113C4B7 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:56:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schneecrash@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 69so366084wra for ; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:56:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=RSBxAQCNYYT86LBy7GVfsVOxDaZfEMzWzy7KG6EUMyNXmQZEPQYAnwo4Y+0m3M0Gg8ixB+R9lFFk7GxndeFT74NruvWYSmhlfvKuMPOkEflWA848LampAkmLmVREePAQbdYGKHDdZwJu2kbaa2MkdZcvcPsfU4i+gccRGQy27/A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=SzDqRfdKMMIkFxAmPy98QFn1SeWI2QlaUZnhDAm99c2bCFDzqrgbW4ke+zaj9zbkT2mZK/Fwf9wqdJooBh3m3+CK5+6IIqu38e8yZcQbk11bAUOzmNZ2I1sGD5GwkNOxYphKJP2AIumsa/VPburfhopB4s6QFJc02pwQYJ6YgNo= Received: by 10.90.95.11 with SMTP id s11mr3128652agb.1181318179304; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:56:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.50.6 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:56:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <70f41ba20706080856w51a17c3o1177a9d21b3e92f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:56:19 -0700 From: snowcrash+freebsd Sender: schneecrash@gmail.com To: RW In-Reply-To: <20070608162446.4acdb0c0@gumby.homeunix.com.> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <70f41ba20706041403q1d51ac75jee625130ea4ed10@mail.gmail.com> <46648172.3060307@vwsoft.com> <70f41ba20706041537laba6223v8c879e344d799052@mail.gmail.com> <4665C091.90808@vwsoft.com> <20070606003143.6087bdfa@gumby.homeunix.com.> <70f41ba20706052031q10aff72cy93a8e2e14728d945@mail.gmail.com> <20070608162446.4acdb0c0@gumby.homeunix.com.> X-Google-Sender-Auth: de107429326669c6 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fbsd 6.2 pf starts -- but not on boot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:56:20 -0000 hi, > > though the prob's been fixed, just to ack/comment ... the issue 4 me > > was that pf itself was not starting, not that it had started but the > > rules were not loaded, or some such ... > > Reloading the rules is supposed to allow pf to pick-up new interfaces, > which is why it's done after ppp is started. I was wondering if Volker > had a valid reason for thinking there is a problem, or whether he > was speculating from incomplete knowledge. > > As regards pf not starting, in another sub-thread you seem to be > saying that the underlying problem was an irregularity in ppp.conf. > ppp.conf is not read until *after* pf starts-up, so can't explain > pf's not starting. argh. well, i'm awash in subtleties. atm, i'm choosing to not 'look a gift horse in the mouth', and be happy that it's up-n-running/working again. as for /understanding/ why, that'll require reading & beer. which is why weekends were invented ;-) thanks!