Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:50:21 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/99336: Unclear handbook wording Message-ID: <200606231250.k5NCoLsr056830@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/99336; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Merijn Verstraaten <merijn.verstraaten@xs4all.nl> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/99336: Unclear handbook wording Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:41:16 +0300 On 2006-06-23 00:16, Merijn Verstraaten <merijn.verstraaten@xs4all.nl> wrote: > Firewall chapter, IPFW configuration (26.6) > > "If you do not have IPFW compiled into your kernel you will need to > load it with the following statement in your /etc/rc.conf: > > firewall_enable="YES"" > > It's not clear that while IPFW will start fine without > firewall_enable="YES" in rc.conf if you have it compiled into your > kernel, the rules script provided with firewall_script won't run if > firewall_enable="YES" isn't set. Hmmm, well the text is unclear. It doesn't matter if you compile `IPFW' support into your kernel or not these days. The /etc/rc.d/ipfw script will take care of loading the module automatically. Even `DUMMYNET' can be loaded as a module in FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT now. Can someone from the freebsd-doc people who has access to a STABLE system check if auto-loading of ipfw.ko and dummynet.ko modules works as expected in FreeBSD 6.X too? Then we should remove this confusing part about ``having IPFW compiled into your kernel''. - Giorgos
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