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Date:      Thu, 1 Feb 2001 14:50:22 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        mel kravitz <melk@switchpwr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: natd call
Message-ID:  <20010201145022.A76174@itouchnz.itouch>
In-Reply-To: <3A78BB39.4A3DAA83@switchpwr.com>; from melk@switchpwr.com on Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:26:17AM %2B0000
References:  <3A78BB39.4A3DAA83@switchpwr.com>

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On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:26:17AM +0000, mel kravitz wrote:
> Hi,
> Running 4.1 on an i386 box, updated to 4.1 after succesfully using 2.2.8
> 
> for 2+ years.
> I normally start natd from /sbin/natd -m -f /etc/natd.conf
> (/etc/rc.conf.local)
> where /etc/natd.conf file is included below :
> ipfw rules contain proper divert call to tx0
> my question is i am getting a large number of /var/log/messages:
> natd "failed to write packet back (permission denied)"

This indicates that your f/w rules are blocking packets on the way
back out.

> If i start natd from /etc/rc.conf  file how do i call natd.conf?

In /etc/rc.conf:

	natd_enable="YES"
	natd_flags="-f /etc/natd.conf"

-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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