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Subject: Re: fbsd 6.2 pf starts -- but not on boot
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snowcrash+freebsd wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i've fbsd 6.2R/p5, with pf compiled into a custom kernel.
> 
> on boot, pf is, apparently, not starting.
> 
> but, if i exec
> 
> 	/etc/rc.d/pf start
> 
> immediately after boot to prompt is done, then all's OK.
> 
> the only related (?) messages -- error or otherwise -- i've found are
> on startup.
> 
> any ideas/suggestions as to what might be the prob? and/or how to troubleshoot?


Just a shot in the dark. You are probably putting hostnames in your 
pf.conf instead of IPs. PF starts before Bind. So it can't resolve 
hostnames in the rules and hence doesn't start.



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Mikhail.

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