On Sat, May 06, 2000 at 01:08:58AM -0500, w trillich wrote: [ snip ]
> Configuring network interfaces: done.
> Initializing IP Masquerading...done.
> Starting portmap daemon: portmap.
> Loading IP Masquerade kernel modules...done.
>
> > isn't that backwards? kernel modules, THEN init masquerading?
> > i guess i gotta munge /etc/rc*d filenames...?
No, it's telling you that it's loading modules to help masquerade
weird stuff like FTP, ICQ etc. No need to load those modules UNLESS
masquerading's turned on already.
> Starting MySQL database server: mysqld...failed.
>
> > MySQL was working fine until this very reboot
Looking at /var/log/mysql.{err,log} might be a bit more informative.
> Starting AppleTalk Daemons (this will take a while):socket: Invalid argument
> socket: Invalid argument
> atalkd: can't get interfaces, exiting.
> atalkd afpd papd.
>
> > appletalk is down? (griping twice about 'socket')
> > but i can still mount linux volumes on my mac desktop
> > hell, the whole network was down until i tried several
> > restarts and blind stabs at ifconfig, ifup, ipfwadm...
Dunno much about appletalk (yet) so can't help you here. One of these
days I'll get around to setting this up at home. Now if you had an
appletalk question on a bay router ...
> IP firewall output rules, default policy: deny
> pkts bytes type prot opt tosa tosx ifname ifaddress source
> destination ports
> 0 0 acc udp ---- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 any anywhere
> BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET/4 any -> any
> 0 0 acc icmp ---- 0xFF 0x00 eth0 any anywhere
> BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET/4 any
>
> i see it's set up to do this in the /etc/ipmasq/rules scripts.
> what's it for?
Dunno ... I'll find out :) (My brain is fried; I've been working
outside all day, so it's approaching relaxation via hacking time).
> suggestions are welcome...
I use dhcp-client.
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