Most default kernels do not have the firewall options enabled. Your best bet is
to download the latest 2.2.x kernel from
www.kernel.org (or Suse's website) and
configure/compile that kernel with the firewall options enabled. Then make sure
that ipchains is installed, it is a seperate package from the kernel and should
be on your Suse cd's or, again, download it from the web. In Redhat the
ipchains binary is in the /sbin directory. Don't know where the rest of it goes
as I use RPM to install most packages.
> I'm using kernel 2.2.10 and SuSE 6.2 distribution.
> When I run Kfirewall an error pops up and says it can't find the ipchains.
> The manual says the ipchains should be in there somewhere under /proc/net/
> something?
> I don't have a /proc/net directory let alone the something. So the ipchains
> aren't configured in the kernel according to the literature.
>
> So I read and read and have no clue on how to get the ipchain-1.3.9.zippity
> do dah.gz file to do anything let alone jump over into the kernel.
>
> What to do? 1) download a new kernel?
> 2) insert some ipchains in the existing kernel.
>
> I checked & have config_ipchains marked "Y" or enabled when using: make
> xconfig (in kde). I actually compiled a new kernel it worked. My
> sound still doesn't but at least the box boots.
>
> To install - it more or less says to type: install ipchains ipchains.8
> @-mv
> ipchains ipchains.old
> blah,
> blah,blah!
> Where or under what directory should you put these ipchain-1.3.9.zippity do
> dah.gz files? proc/net/ipchains?
> I guess I'm too used to MS multiple guess user interface. : )
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