FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5. I'm not sure how to check the pf version. I just started getting this error a couple days ago, and I've got absolutely no clue why. I don't recall making any significant changes to the box. Anyway, here's pf.conf:
# ------- pf.conf skeleton for server # # --------------- MACRO Section ----------------- EXT_IF="fxp0" PING = "echoreq" # --- allowed incoming services initiated by clients TCP_IN = "{ ssh, smtp, ftp, imap, http, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005 }" UDP_IN = "{ domain }" # --- allowed services initiated by server TCP_OUT = "{ ssh, smtp, ftp, http, ntp, 5999 }" UDP_OUT = "{ domain, ntp }" # ------------------ TABLE Section -------------- # ------------------ OPTIONS Section set loginterface $EXT_IF # --------- TRAFFIC NORMALIZATION ---------------- scrub in all # ---------- TRANSLATION Section (NAT/RDR) # ---------- FILTER section # --- DEFAULT POLICY block log all # --- LOOPBACK pass quick on lo0 all # ======================= INCOMING ================ # ----------- EXTERNAL INTERFACE # --- TCP pass in quick on $EXT_IF inet proto tcp from any to $EXT_IF port $TCP_IN flags S/SA keep state # --- UDP pass in quick on $EXT_IF inet proto udp from any to $EXT_IF port $UDP_IN keep state # --- ICMP pass in quick on $EXT_IF inet proto icmp from any to $EXT_IF icmp-type $PING keep state # ======================= OUTGOING ================ # ----------- EXTERNAL INTERFACE # --- TCP pass out quick on $EXT_IF inet proto tcp from $EXT_IF to any port $TCP_OUT flags S/SA keep state # --- UDP pass out quick on $EXT_IF inet proto udp from $EXT_IF to any port $UDP_OUT keep state # --- ICMP pass out quick on $EXT_IF inet proto icmp from $EXT_IF to any icmp-type $PING keep state # ----------------- end of pf.conf On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:31:13 +0200, Peter N. M. Hansteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pat Maddox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to set up PF on a server, and when I run pfctl -nf > > /etc/pf.conf, I get the following error: > > pfctl: ifa_load: pfi_get_ifaces: Bad file descriptor > > More info is required. > > Which FreeBSD and PF versions (not all permutations of pf and FreeBSD > will work, see the handbook), pf relevant rc.conf lines, your pf.conf, > ifconfig output > > > Google doesn't come up with anything, I've got no clue what that is. Any > > help? > > Check your ruleset for obvious errors, such as trying to address a > non-existent interface. Then again, this is guesswork based on very > little information. > > -- > Peter N. M. Hansteen, member of the first RFC 1149 implementation team > http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.datadok.no/ http://www.nuug.no/ > "First, we kill all the spammers" The Usenet Bard, "Twice-forwarded tales" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"