Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 02:12:29 -0700 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@gmail.com> To: "Nick Withers" <nick@nickwithers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: natd not starting on boot-up Message-ID: <d5eb95fc0606070212p53852dd0w85829d051c15d101@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060607183003.23ae3f8c.nick@nickwithers.com> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20060607120734.00a80700@127.0.0.1> <5.2.0.9.0.20060607151302.00b25118@127.0.0.1> <20060607183003.23ae3f8c.nick@nickwithers.com>
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On 6/7/06, Nick Withers <nick@nickwithers.com> wrote: > On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:23:18 +0700 > Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> wrote: > > > At 04:35 PM 6/7/2006 +1000, you wrote: > > >On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:13:29 +0700 > > >Roger Merritt <mcrogerm@stjohn.ac.th> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm thoroughly puzzled. Over the weekend I transferred my FreeBSD > > > system to > > > > a new hard drive. Through laziness I didn't follow the instructions and > > > had > > > > to make a completely new install. Everything now seems to be working the > > > > way it should, Apache, MySQL, PHP, syslog, Samba -- except natd. > > > Everything > > > > starts on boot-up as it should -- except natd. I can start it manually > > > from > > > > the command line after booting up and logging in and it works fine, but I > > > > can't tell what's going on that it's failing to start. > > > > > > > > My /etc/rc.conf contains the following: > > > > > > > > # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > > > > defaultrouter="203.151.134.1" > > > > gateway_enable="YES" > > > > hostname="poppy.international.stjohn.ac.th" > > > > ifconfig_ed0="inet 10.3.16.125 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > > ifconfig_ed1="inet 203.151.134.104 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > > > router_enable="YES" > > > > firewall_enable="YES" > > > > firewall_type="OPEN" > > > > firewall_quiet="YES" > > > > natd_enable="YES" > > > > natd_interface="ed1" > > > > ipv6_enable="YES" > > > > linux_enable="YES" > > > > moused_enable="YES" > > > > moused_port="/dev/sysmouse" > > > > moused_type="auto" > > > > screen="daemon" > > > > nfs_client_enable="YES" > > > > sshd_enable="YES" > > > > > >That looks alright to me... > > > > > > > What can I do to get some indication of where the problem is? > > > > > >Are there any error messages relating to IPFW / natd on boot? > > > > No, or at least none I could see. That's why I've asked for help. > > > > >What version of FreeBSD are you running? > > > > 6.1-STABLE > > Perhaps there's something wrong in the branch at present...? > Doubtful, I guess. > > > >What's the command > > >you're running that _does_ launch natd successfully? > > > > "/sbin/natd -n ed1". I hadn't thought about "/etc/rc.d/natd start" until > > someone suggested it, but that works too and reads the interface from > > /etc/rc.conf. > > > > > What's the > > >output of "ls -l /etc/rc.d/natd"? > > > > [poppy] ~# ls -l /etc/rc.d/natd > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 978 May 31 09:52 /etc/rc.d/natd > > Hmmm... Well that all seems OK, then. > > The only other thing I can think of is that the > 'router_enable'="YES"' line's creating dramas. > > As I understand it, this'll cause /etc/rc.d/routed to attempt to > launch the routing daemon specified by a 'router="..."' line, > which you don't appear to have. I don't think this'd interfere > with natd anyway, but I don't really understand what the hell's > going on in /etc/rc.d/routed. > > Sorry I can't be more helpful! > -- I don't run route(daemon) so I don't know about router_enable, but here is what I have in my rc.conf to get natd working: #router stuff natd_program="/sbin/natd" natd_enable="YES" natd_interface="rl0" natd_flags="-dynamic -f /etc/natd.conf" gateway_enable="YES" So I use gateway_enable not router_enable. I don't know if this applies to your problem completely, but might be worth a shot.
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