IPFW won't go away!

Bob Middaugh bob.middaugh at comcast.net
Mon Sep 26 07:28:21 PDT 2005


Hi Paul,
How about posting your rc.conf and kernel config file.  You didn't
happen to change the ipfw options in /etc/defaults/rc.conf, and maybe
forgot?

Bob 



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Paul
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:01 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: IPFW won't go away!
> 
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your responses so far. 
> 
>  
> 
> I have tried explicitly tried to disable it using: 
> ipfw_enable="NO" and firewall_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf
> 
>  
> 
> My kernel configuration file doesn't contain any IPFIREWALL 
> options.  I did try adding "options 
> IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT" and recompiling/installing but 
> that didn't work.
> 
>  
> 
> Despite all of this it still loads up and by blocks 
> everything! - this means I have to type "ipfw disable 
> firewall" at every boot.  I would prefer if it wasn't there 
> taking up cpu cycles.
> 
>  
> 
> HELP!
> 
>  
> 
> Paul
> 
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