Re: ipchains

[aphro <nate@firetrail.com>]

On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Rick Knebel wrote:

rknebe >Hi,
rknebe >I am trying out debian for the first time and have a couple of questions.
rknebe >In RedHat I put my ipchain rules in rc.local so they start up at bootime.
rknebe >Where in debian can I put these.

i put them in /etc/init.d/network

rknebe >
rknebe >I also have to put the command FORWARD_IPV4=true in the
rknebe >etc/sysconfig/network file.
rknebe >Is there a place in debian to do this.

add
echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

that will turn on ip forwarding on a 2.2.x kernel, put that in
/etc/init.d/network too.

rknebe >I am obviously trying to setup masquerading in debian for my home network.

good luck, it isnt that hard :)

nate

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