On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 07:09:06PM +0200, Florian Boelstler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > Jeff Gordon wrote: > > I'm running a RH ES 3 system, and it appears _support_ for ipt_recent > > is included in the kernel but libipt_recent.so is nowhere to be found. > > Kernel source for the prebuilt kernel in the distribution is available. > > In general, if a kernel feature is built into the kernel there is no > appropriate module file. Because the functionality is in the kernel. (Thanks, Florian. :-) Here's what I'm seeing: - If I do 'modprobe ipt_recent' and then 'lsmod |grep ip', I see 'ipt_recent' at the top of listing. - However, if I then add a rule with '-m recent' in it, iptables complains it can't find libipt_recent.so. > > Is there a simple way to build ipt_recent from source and have it > > function with this kernel, without compiling a kernel from scratch? > > I never tried it, but if you got an appropriate kernel config for your > running kernel you could start by "make modules && make modules_install" > (regarding 2.4.x series) > > This only works of course if > - - you just miss the module file > - - it is _not_ build into the kernel > - - and your kernel is prepared to load that feature through a module I guess I don't know. :-) The result of 'modprobe' seems to suggest the kernel understands what I'm saying -- but iptables expects to find a loadable file that isn't present. Should I be thinking to leave the kernel as-is but compile iptables itself from scratch...? Details: iptables v1.2.8 /lib/modules/2.4.21-15.ELsmp/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_recent.o ...but no /lib/iptables/libipt_recent.so > Good luck, (Thanks. :-) -- -- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com> "There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve."
