From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 16:28:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEFA916B56A; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:28:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS1=53d273c2b6bbae5430a5b5ad2b71908453643389=es.net==53d273c2b6bbae5430a5b5ad2b71908453643389=253=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [198.128.3.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D3FD13C478; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:28:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS1=53d273c2b6bbae5430a5b5ad2b71908453643389=es.net==53d273c2b6bbae5430a5b5ad2b71908453643389=253=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal4.es.net (postal4.es.net [198.124.252.66]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id ASL53857; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:16:57 -0800 Received: from postal2.es.net (postal2.es.net [198.128.3.206]) by postal4.es.net (Postal Node 4) with ESMTP (SSL) id ASL94855; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:16:55 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal2.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP (SSL) id ASL73754; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:16:54 -0800 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 89AD045042; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:16:53 -0800 (PST) To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:16:35 CST." <45DC4633.6060204@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1172074613_95604P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:16:53 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20070221161653.89AD045042@ptavv.es.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to use network early in boot with recent -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:29:00 -0000 --==_Exmh_1172074613_95604P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:16:35 -0600 > From: Eric Anderson > > On 02/20/07 17:06, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > My laptop running current of Feb. 9 seems to be unable to configure and > > use a network interface early in the startup process. > > > > I use Tobias Roth's profile script to determine where my laptop is > > located and to configure it appropriately. This is done by setting an > > address on an interface and trying to ping a known neighbor (usually a > > router). > > > > This worked on systems built through Jan. 25, but now attempting to do > > this right after root is mounted RW, I get "sendto: permission denied". > > I get this at any point in the startup prior to netif. This is in > > single user mode, so this is quite baffling to me, although I realize > > that this method is unorthodox (and certainly not supported), but it > > has always worked and I don't see what broke it. > > > > Any ideas of what might be going on? > > > Firewall rules? I'm afraid ipfw starts up much later than root. No firewall should be running at that point. The only startups completed at the point I do this are dumpon, initrandom, geli, swap1, early.sh, fsck, and root. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1172074613_95604P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFF3HB1kn3rs5h7N1ERAqarAJ958NDgm+R3A/bjdVV6nisO4CihHgCgmtRX d2YvMpHWPiy93lxK5xB5BcE= =IJ4U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1172074613_95604P--