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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - ipkungfu
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:08:57
Message-Id: 1137016954.10750.18.camel@camille.espersunited.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT - ipkungfu by Andrew Frink
1 On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 16:30 -0500, Andrew Frink wrote:
2 >
3 >
4 > On 1/11/06, Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > I'm trying to install ipkungfoo on my server box. I followed
6 > the
7 > instructions in the README file. When I went to start it, it
8 > gave me a
9 > string of errors, that I'm not sure how to fix:
10 >
11 > bullet ipkungfu # ipkungfu
12 > Checking configuration...
13 > FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
14 > iptables v1.3.4: can't initialize iptables table `filter':
15 > iptables who?
16 > (do you need to insmod?)
17 > Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
18 >
19 > ipkungfu can't create new chains or the script was interrupted
20 > previously!
21 > Flushing iptables rulesets...
22 > FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
23 > iptables v1.3.4: can't initialize iptables table `filter':
24 > iptables who?
25 > (do you need to insmod?)
26 > Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
27 > Clearing old chains and tables...
28 > cat: /proc/net/ip_tables_names: No such file or directory
29 > Your kernel lacks LOG support required by this script.
30 > Aborting.
31 >
32 > Any clues? It sounds to me like it's a kernel module thing,
33 > but what
34 > would a kernel module have to do with a firewall? It said
35 > that iptables
36 > might be out of date, but iptables was emerged right before
37 > ipkungfu.
38 > If it matters, the kernel info is:
39 >
40 > bullet ipkungfu # uname -a
41 > Linux bullet 2.6.14-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Mon Dec 26 14:54:40 CST
42 > 2005 i586
43 > AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
44 >
45 >
46 > --
47 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
48 >
49 >
50 > Michael,
51 > there is a whole section in menuconfig "netfilter" the firewall is a
52 > kernel thing. you need to have support in your kernel, although i
53 > would thing the iptables ebuild would look for it.
54 >
55 > --
56 > if you are tired of virii look at http://fedora.redhat.com/
57 > and for those of you still using AOL's messanger
58 > try out http://gaim.sf.net/... and for photoshop see
59 > http://www.gimp.org
60 > use http://www.gimp.org/
61
62 Would that be Networking-->Networking Options-->Network Packet Filtering
63 (replaces ipchains) off of genkernel --menuconfig all?
64
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66 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

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