Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 08:17:34 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Ari Suutari <ari.suutari@ps.carel.fi> Subject: Re: /var/run/natd.pid request Message-ID: <199706120717.IAA10677@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Jun 1997 12:20:40 CDT." <199706111720.MAA17995@plains.NoDak.edu>
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> I finally figured out how to get natd working, and I have a little
> suggestion: stuff the natd PID in /var/run/natd.pid. from my experiments
> when the translating interface's address is dynamic (and using -dynamic
> option), the natd process requires a SIGHUP to make the change to the
> new address. If the natd PID is available, then it will simply the process.
I've cc'd this to Ari Suutari (the author). I don't have any problem
with this idea.
I did however think that the address change was transparent (reading the
routing socket), but I havn't looked at the code.
> --mark.
I'll get natd into the mainline sources by the end of the week (version
1.6).
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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