From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 21 13:16:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8FC016E6C2 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:16:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C5FF13C441 for ; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:16:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1LDGVnP079244; Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:16:31 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <45DC4633.6060204@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 07:16:35 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin Oberman References: <20070220230640.CB77945070@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: <20070220230640.CB77945070@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2617/Wed Feb 21 05:38:25 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to use network early in boot with recent -current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:16:46 -0000 On 02/20/07 17:06, Kevin Oberman wrote: > My laptop running current of Feb. 9 seems to be unable to configure and > use a network interface early in the startup process. > > I use Tobias Roth's profile script to determine where my laptop is > located and to configure it appropriately. This is done by setting an > address on an interface and trying to ping a known neighbor (usually a > router). > > This worked on systems built through Jan. 25, but now attempting to do > this right after root is mounted RW, I get "sendto: permission denied". > I get this at any point in the startup prior to netif. This is in > single user mode, so this is quite baffling to me, although I realize > that this method is unorthodox (and certainly not supported), but it > has always worked and I don't see what broke it. > > Any ideas of what might be going on? Firewall rules? Eric