"Jason Burris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tim Aslat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> In the immortal words of "Jason Burris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >> > I need to compile a kernel with IPFW on a remote machine running > >> > FreeBSD4.7. I followed the steps listed at: > >> > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html > >> > >> Following the handbook isn't a bad start. > > > > It's nice to see someone actually do it for a change. > > > >> > In my COMPUTERNAME config file I've add the following three > >> lines to > >> > the end for IPFW: > >> > > >> > options IPFIREWALL > >> > options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE > >> > options IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT > >> > > >> > And I changed this line, which I read was necessary: > >> > > >> > ident COMPUTERNAME > >> > >> Not bad, but a more secure way would be to default to deny rather > >> than > >> accept, but that's personal preference. > > > > In this case, where the machine is remote and you could lock > > yourself > > out, it's probably better to default to accept instead. Eventually, > > there will be a firewall rule denying unmatched packets, and even > > then > > you have to be careful about backing out the ruleset automatically > > if > > you lock yourself out. > > > >> > I'm able to run: > >> > > >> > /usr/sbin/config COMPUTERNAME > >> > cd ../../compile/COMPUTERNAME > >> > > >> > When I run > >> > > >> > make depend > >> > > >> > Everything runs fine until it dies with the error: > >> > > >> > make: don't know how to make iconv.h. > >> > Stop*** Error code 2 > >> > Stop in /usr/src/sys/modules.*** > >> > Error code 1 > >> > > >> > I've checked and this file is in my /usr/src/sys directory.What > >> am I > >> > doing wrong? Do I even need this header to be compiled intothe > >> > kernel? > >> > >> You might want to try the "newer" method of building a kernel. > >> > >> cd /usr/src > >> make buildkernel KERNCONF=COMPUTERNAME > >> <wait a bit> > >> make installkernel KERNCONF=COMPUTERNAME > > > > I don't think that will be any better. Either way, he needs to have > > sources that match his system, and the "old" way will work fine when > > that is the case. > > > > The system didn't have the sources, so I downloaded the first CD ISO > and extracted them from there into: > > /usr/src/sys > > Could there be more sources that I need to extract?
Where did you get the ISO from? Is it for the exact same version as the system you're already running? _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
