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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: ip_conntrack - is it missing
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:56:29
Message-Id: 878x31qxcj.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ip_conntrack - is it missing by Etaoin Shrdlu
1 Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org> writes:
2
3 >> I see:
4 >> grep -i ^[^#].*conntrack /usr/src/linux/.config
5 >>
6 >> CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=m
7 >> CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK=m
8 >> CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK=y
9 >> CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SECMARK=y
10 >> CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS=y
11 >> CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK=m
12 >> CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV4=m
13 >> CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT=y
14 >>
15 >>
16 >> But do NOT see what that HOWTO refers to (/proc/net/ip_conntrack)
17 >
18 > Sorry for the dumb question...you have compiled conntrack as a module,
19 > but is that module (or modules) actually loaded (you can check with
20 > lsmod)? If not, loading the module should also create the file in /proc.
21
22 The question wasn't dumb.. but the operator on this end sure is.
23
24 My only defense is that the HOWTO doesn't mention any of that.
25 However I do know that would be necessary. When I saw your suggestion
26 I knew immediately I'd been a dope...... again.
27
28 Should I have compiled them directly into the kernel?
29
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