On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 04:44:14PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Package: ipmasq > Version: 4.0.1 > Severity: normal > > I tried installing ipmasq on a system which has nfs root. (I had a good > reason for trying this, FWIW.) Result is that part way through the > install, when it's setting up the masqerading, the system becomes unable > to contact its nfs server. > > I suspect that ipmasq is doing something like: > > - add default deny chain > - add allow chain
Yep. That what I remember. ( I have not been the active user of script these days. ) > But these are two separate commands and it gets stuck after the default > deny, and cannot run the second command. > > If it's not possible to keep the default route routing packets at all > times during the ipmasq setup, I think you should document and/or check > for nfs root and refuse to install. Good point. Also current script requires not only / but also /usr to be available at boot time. That is another weak point of this script. I did not fix this since that required major change in code and I havbe been focusing on stable release of code I inherited. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
