>> How to get iptables into a ppc kernel (2.6, netfilter >> enabled) and where to store what to have functionality from the >> start? I used NO_SHARED_LIBS=1 >> I am able to download start the kernel, but do not find iptables. > > AFAIK you cannot. > Iptables is a *user*space utility to configure the Netfilter framework > and I don't see how you'd compile that into the kernel. > > > Rob > > > Ok, I am a little confused with kernel modules. Anyhow I would like to > do something like this here (from the install): > " > 4) If you want to build a statically linked version of the iptables > binary, without the need for loading the plugins at runtime (e.g. > for an embedded device or router-on-a-disk), please use > > % make NO_SHARED_LIBS=1 > " > > and I get a rather large executable binary (700kB). But I > can't execute this nor do I know how to make it run inside my target. > Klaus >This is something different from compiling things "into" the kernel. >You've just built a statically linked iptables binary: those binaries >don't need external libraries, which is why they are larger because the >functionality in the libraries must be present in the binary to actually >make it standalone. >So, you still get a binary called iptables which must be run from some >shell (I guess). >Rob Yes, did that and then I try to run it but it only says "cannot execute binary file" even I can execute other files. Klaus _______________________________________________________________________ Jetzt neu! Schützen Sie Ihren PC mit McAfee und WEB.DE. 3 Monate kostenlos testen. http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/startseite/?mc=022220