At 4/24/2002 06:10 AM +1000, you wrote: > >>shouldn't having installed iptables from RH 7.2 rpms (and done > >>all updates) mean that the server is set up to use iptables?
No. Red Hat has set the default firewalling in 7.1 and 7.2 to be ipchains, so you have to unload one and load the other. It's a simple matter of changing the default choice; the fact that one is newer/faster than the other does not enter into the equation at all. > >>is there a simple way (no kernel recompiling please!) to sort > >>modules problem out... if it is even a modules problem? Yes, just modprobe the modules you want to try and rmmod the modules you no longer want. No kernel recompiling. No rebooting even. > >that's why i don't install kernel RPM! Seriously... Don't know who wrote this last part, but I have never yet recompiled a kernel and then used it on a box. I do, however, have a couple of dozen boxen on RHL now without a problem, all on stock kernels. Using up2date and grub is a totally painless combination. While I agree that *everyone* benefits from the simple fact that the kernel _can_ be customized, and that some people need to compile their own kernels, and that everyone who is serious about understanding and using Linux professionally should compile his/her own kernel at least a few times, I am conclusively of the opinion that RPM kernels are Just Fine (tm) for 99% of production boxen out there. I am also of the opinion that way too many people address problems they don't understand with measures that are not true solutions. In this case, yes... recompiling the kernel and going to a great deal of trouble could have solved the problem; but the most efficient and effective solution was much simpler than that and unrelated to the kernel at all. -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
