[ale] dhcpd and 2.4?

sad at valinux.com sad at valinux.com
Tue Sep 19 17:37:59 EDT 2000


On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 03:07:35PM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> 
> 
> I'm trying to get dhcpd working on a 2.4-test8 kernel and need it up
> quick.  When I start dhcpd, I get this:
> 
> socket: Protocol not available - make sure CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER are defined in your kernel configuration!
> exiting.
> 
> I know I can edit the .config file to find these, but I'd like to know
> which options these are according to menuconfig.  Anyone know real
> quick?
> 

You have to at least turn on the netfilter stuff, you may also
have to turn on the Socket filtering option too.

I ran into the same problem on the dhcp server here in the office
and I finally had to try turning things on & off in the menuconfig
tool and then grepping through the .config file that was generated.
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Steven A. DuChene	sad at valinux.com
Southeast US Systems Engineer
VA Linux Systems	http://www.valinux.com
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