Bob Hartung wrote:
> Situation: New install RH 6.2 with custom recompile for ipchains and
> masquerade.
>
> Problem: rc.local and therefore rc.firewall apparently not being read
> on restart.
I'm not so sure about that.
> The following configuration exists.
>
> Both rc3.d and rc5.d contain a link to "../rc.local". In rc3.d and
> rc5.d this is named S99local. 'rc.firewall' is made execuatable with a
> chmod 700
This is as it should be (actually, mine is 0755; is that bad?).
> I can find no evidence of either echo in /var/log/messages or dmesg.
> Perhaps I have called the programs wrong? However, I don't think that I
> need to use the 'exec' command [do I?].
No, you shouldn't. And you won't see it in dmesg because dmesg stops
before the rc scripts run.
I used to put this in rc.sysinit (right after the rc.serial stuff) and
I've seen it initialize at bootup. I guess I moved it a while back to
rc.local, but that makes it almost impossible to see. Put this in
rc.sysinit (after the call to rc.serial) and you should be able to see
it right after the serial ports initialize:
# Run the rc.firewall script.
if [ -f /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall ]; then
. /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
fi
Then put this inside your rc.firewall script and watch for this too:
echo "Configuring IP firewall policies..."
> Did notice on additional message but I am not sure of its' significance.
> a module names emu10k1.o cannot be loaded. I'm not sure of this
> modules purpose and whether it has any significane to my primary
> problem.
This is a SoundBlaster synth module, and thus is unrelated to your
problem.
Steve
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