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| author | /C=EU/ST=EU/CN=Pablo Neira Ayuso/emailAddress=pablo@netfilter.org </C=EU/ST=EU/CN=Pablo Neira Ayuso/emailAddress=pablo@netfilter.org> | 2007-08-08 12:09:28 +0000 |
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| committer | /C=EU/ST=EU/CN=Pablo Neira Ayuso/emailAddress=pablo@netfilter.org </C=EU/ST=EU/CN=Pablo Neira Ayuso/emailAddress=pablo@netfilter.org> | 2007-08-08 12:09:28 +0000 |
| commit | e5dce422389f6740b1eccd38b6e2583b893a15a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e149322a22124d28dbf4b98ac0eb97bad69b2a5 | |
| parent | 8c634be62780c8467e6a61419d40cdc8b7a0c865 (diff) | |
improve INSTALL file
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 25 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ version 0.9.6 (yet unreleased) ------------------------------ o fix compilation problem due to missing headers (Krisztian Kovacs) +o include kernel options and Fedora comments in the INSTALL file version 0.9.5 (2007/07/29) ------------------------------ @@ -18,11 +18,22 @@ Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo netfilter org> You have to install the following software in order to get the conntrack-tools working, make sure that you have installed them correctly before going forward: - o linux kernel version >= 2.6.18 (http://www.kernel.org) with support for: - - connection tracking system (quite obvious ;) + o linux kernel version >= 2.6.18 (http://www.kernel.org) that, at least, + has support for: + + - connection tracking system + CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK=m + CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV4=m + - nfnetlink - - ctnetlink (ip_conntrack_netlink) + CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK=m + + - ctnetlink (nf_conntrack_netlink) + CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK=m + - connection tracking event notification API + CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS=y + (To check that the event API is enabled in the kernel, make sure you have loaded nf_netlink_conntrack module, run conntrack -E and generate traffic, you should see network events) @@ -48,6 +59,14 @@ Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo netfilter org> see man conntrack(8). However, the userspace daemon so-called `conntrackd' requires some magic spells to get it working. + *Fedora users*: If you are trying to install the libraries in /usr/local/, + do not forget to do the following things: + + * PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig; export PKG_CONFIG_PATH + * Add `/usr/local/lib' to your /etc/ld.so.conf file and run `ldconfig' + + Check `ldd' for trouble-shooting, read <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/shared-libraries.html#AEN70> for more information on how libraries work. + 3.Setting up conntrackd ======================= |