natd not starting on boot-up

[voodoo at yukon.com.ua]

put this script into /usr/loca/etc/rc.d/

# cat /usr/local/etc/rc.d/natd.sh
#!/bin/sh
/sbin/natd -n rl1


> Roger Merritt wrote:

>> I'm thoroughly puzzled. Over the weekend I transferred my FreeBSD 
>> system to a new hard drive. Through laziness I didn't follow the 
>> instructions and had to make a completely new install. Everything now
>> seems to be working the way it should, Apache, MySQL, PHP, syslog, 
>> Samba -- except natd. Everything starts on boot-up as it should -- 
>> except natd. I can start it manually from the command line after 
>> booting up and logging in and it works fine, but I can't tell what's
>> going on that it's failing to start.
>>
>> My /etc/rc.conf contains the following:
>>
>> # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
>> defaultrouter="203.151.134.1"
>> gateway_enable="YES"
>> hostname="poppy.international.stjohn.ac.th"
>> ifconfig_ed0="inet 10.3.16.125 netmask 255.255.255.0"
>> ifconfig_ed1="inet 203.151.134.104  netmask 255.255.255.0"
>> router_enable="YES"
>> firewall_enable="YES"
>> firewall_type="OPEN"
>> firewall_quiet="YES"
>> natd_enable="YES"
>> natd_interface="ed1"
>> ipv6_enable="YES"
>> linux_enable="YES"
>> moused_enable="YES"
>> moused_port="/dev/sysmouse"
>> moused_type="auto"
>> screen="daemon"
>> nfs_client_enable="YES"
>> sshd_enable="YES"
>>
>> What can I do to get some indication of where the problem is?
>>


> Try to comment the line natd_enable="YES" and then add
> a new line at the end of rc.conf:

> /etc/rc.d/natd start

> if this doesn't work, try to put 

> natd_flags=""

> in your rc.conf and plesase check your ipfw rule for nat
> it should be something like this:

> (with natd_flags="")
> ipfw -q add divert natd all from any to any via your_public_interface


> Good luck!!




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