RE: Linux 2.2.16pre6

From: Stephen Frost (sfrost@ns.snowman.net)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 12:07:09 EST


On Wed, 31 May 2000, Wynne, Conor wrote:

> (Thanks for your rapid reply's, just one more thing to clarify...)
>
> Ok So it exactly the same as normal compilation.
>
> Tell me, how do I avoid those annoying module depency errors? The PC seems
> to work perfectly even with these errors, but It doesn't look pretty (during
> boot) and I want to be sure that this won't affect the system in the long
> term.

        mv /lib/modules/2.2.x /lib/modules/2.2.x-old
        cd /usr/src/linux
        make modules_install

        I think that's what you want...

> I shall be implementing a proxy/samba/firewall solution for a small office
> in Dublin.
> Do I need more than one PC to do this? What kind of config are we talking?

        One linux box should be able to do that...

> (There are currently only four users)
>
> Sorry I know thats a little off topic, but I was thinking about compiling
> firewall support into the kernel.
>
> What are your recomendations?

        Compile in firewalling and masq'ing. Check out the ip-masq howto
(hit google.com or similar, shouldn't be too hard to find).

                Stephen

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