Pf on freebsd 5.3

[Max Laier]

On Thursday 25 November 2004 23:13, bobby cheema wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am running freebsd 5.3 and trying to run pf on it , I added these
> lines to /etc/rc.conf
> pf_enable="YES"
> pf_rules="/etc/pf.conf"
> pf_program="/sbin/pfctl"
>
> Before writing any rule I tried to test if i can enable pf, Running the
> /etc/rc.d/pf  and  pfctl -e   returns
>
> No ALTQ support in kernel
> ALTQ related functions disabled
> pfctl: DIOCSTART: Operation not permitted
>
> Well if we dont care about ALTQ at this stage why DIOCSTART fails
> Iam new to BSD and PF , Your help or any pointer is greatly appriciated

You have /dev/pf available and write permission to it, right? Might you be 
running with a securelevel >= 2, by chance?

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