From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dy4eZ-000810-Su for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:26:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6S9Osuc022591; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:24:54 GMT Received: from mail.pnpitalia.it (ip-pub.fastwebnet.it [85.18.21.122] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6S9LMc1024455 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:21:22 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.pnpitalia.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB80E7AD6F8 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:17:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.pnpitalia.it ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (db [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 14792-07 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:17:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.4.153] (unknown [192.168.4.153]) by mail.pnpitalia.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F9CB7AD6F6 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:17:22 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <42E8A3B0.3050303@pnpitalia.it> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:21:52 +0200 From: Bastian Balthazar Bux User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Newbie - Missing IPtables References: <6.2.3.4.2.20050727143755.045a1ea8@pop.mail.yahoo.com> <42E7D5D4.1000403@igoe.me.uk> In-Reply-To: <42E7D5D4.1000403@igoe.me.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at db X-Archives-Salt: 4fd451ff-1288-4258-bacf-a1b8aa396d3a X-Archives-Hash: 6c0d43266aaf60c9c528d4c8d442e52d Tim Igoe wrote: > cd /usr/src/linux > > make menuconfig > > edit the kernel options to set up the iptables parts needed in the > kernel (can't rememebr where they are - not just at my normal box atm) > > then install the new kernel like you did originally Just a reminder here, all the answers are already in this thread ;) In the newer kernels (>= 2.6.10 ??) there is a search functionality callable with the key "/" . so pressing "/" , Enter Keyword "iptables" will show something like this : | IP tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT) (IP_NF_IPTABLES) | Location: | -> Device Drivers | -> Networking support | -> Networking support (NET) | -> Networking options | -> Network packet filtering (replaces ipchains) (NETFILTER) | -> IP: Netfilter Configuration | Depends: | [...] when all is configured, save the configuration and type: #mount /boot ; make && make modules_install && make install or use your preferred kernelmaker program. > > emerge iptables to get the user space tools to control the kernel > iptables chains. > > Eldon Ziegler wrote: > >>I successfully installed my first gentoo but didn't get iptables. The >>HOWTO says, "As for the kernel all you must do is enable iptable >>support." but not how to do that? Do I have to redo the complete >>install? (about 12 hours). >> >>Thanks >>Eldon Ziegler >> > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list