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From: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
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Subject: Re: Networking problem with re-built kernel : HELP
In-Reply-To: <324ADD41.5F75@novanet.net.au> from Sandhya at "27. Sep. 96  6:42:09"
To: sandy@novanet.net.au (Sandhya)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 00:50:22 +0200 (MET DST)
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> Hi,	
> 
> The kernel I have rebuilt boots fine. On booting the new kernel, I can see the ed0 
> interface is active (ifconfig ed0). But if I try to ping anything I get the following 
> error :
> 
> ping : sendto : Permission denied
> 
> Even testing the loopback by ping 0 gets the same result. Any help in this will be 
> greatly appreciated. 
> 
> The config file is reproduced below, if that's any help.
[...]
> options		"CHILD_MAX=128"
> options		"OPEN_MAX=128"
> #options	GATEWAY			#internetwork gateway
> options         IPFIREWALL              #firewall
                  ~~~~~~~~~~   That's your "problem"
In 2.1.5 the default behaviour of the packet filter is to deny everything.
Look into /etc/rc.firewall for configuring your rules
and enable it in /etc/sysconfig.

Robert

> options		QUOTA			#enable disk quotas
> 

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