[gentoo-user] Re: ip_conntrack - is it missing

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Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> writes:

>> I see:
>>  grep -i ^[^#].*conntrack /usr/src/linux/.config
>>
>>   CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED=m
>>   CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK=m
>>   CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK=y
>>   CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_SECMARK=y
>>   CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS=y
>>   CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK=m
>>   CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV4=m
>>   CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT=y
>>
>>
>> But do NOT see what that HOWTO refers to (/proc/net/ip_conntrack)
>
> Sorry for the dumb question...you have compiled conntrack as a module, 
> but is that module (or modules) actually loaded (you can check with 
> lsmod)? If not, loading the module should also create the file in /proc.

The question wasn't dumb.. but the operator on this end sure is.

My only defense is that the HOWTO doesn't mention any of that.
However I do know that would be necessary.  When I saw your suggestion
I knew immediately I'd been a dope...... again.

Should I have compiled them directly into the kernel?

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