Re: [cobalt-users] IPChains - PMFirewall Startup Error

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 08 May 2002 05:55 pm, Curtis Ross wrote:
> This is my second install of ipchains. I used the PMFirewall script on the
> first RAQ4 and it worked fine. The second RAQ4 I got the following errors
> and locked myself out.
>
> [root pmfirewall]# ./pmfirewall start
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: error fetching interface information: Device not found
> Starting PMFirewall:/sbin/ipchains: invalid mask `' specified
> Try `/sbin/ipchains -h' or '/sbin/ipchains --help' for more information.
> Warning: wierd character in interface `xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' (No aliases, :, !
> or *). /sbin/ipchains: invalid mask `' specified
> Try `/sbin/ipchains -h' or '/sbin/ipchains --help' for more information.
> Warning: wierd character in interface `xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' (No aliases, :, !
> or *). /sbin/ipchains: invalid mask `' specified
>
sounds like its not getting the correct info from ifconfig

what does ifconfig say?
run these commands and see if they work
ifconfig eth0 | grep inet | cut -d : -f 2 | cut -d \  -f 1
ifconfig eth0 | grep Mas | cut -d : -f 4

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