Hello,
 
I have install SuSEfirewall2 on my serveur with two ethernet card.
One for the private network, the other to the internet.
 
I have some crash from the server I can't explain.
The server freeze and i don't have the hand on it... no more root login possible
and the tty are froozen...
 
I have no error messages in my message log file, and also in my firewall message.
 
But I have this line in my message log and warm message.
 
My message log messages :
 
Sep  6 12:04:36 lithium SuSEfirewall2: Firewall rules successfully set from /etc/rc.config.d/firewall2.rc.config
Sep  6 12:04:36 lithium /sbin/SuSEpersonal-firewall: SuSEpersonal-firewall: Loading of module ipchains was not successful.
Sep  6 12:04:36 lithium /sbin/SuSEpersonal-firewall: Aborting. No action taken.
 
My warm log messages :
 
Sep  6 12:04:35 lithium kernel: ip_tables: (c)2000 Netfilter core team
Sep  6 12:04:35 lithium kernel: ip_conntrack (2047 buckets, 16376 max)
Sep  6 12:04:36 lithium /sbin/SuSEpersonal-firewall: SuSEpersonal-firewall: Loading of module ipchains was not successful.
Sep  6 12:04:36 lithium /sbin/SuSEpersonal-firewall: Aborting. No action taken.
 
I have also, my sylogd how run dhcp, but i don't have start the dhcpd on startup...
I can see a line in process...
 
Somebody can explain me why my server freeze ??
 
And another question, I wan't to upgrade my SuSEfirewall2.
What are the step to remove the old one ?
 
Thanxs.
Regards
 
Eric Romang - System Administrator
eric.romang@synapse.lu
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