Re: Trying to start NPF

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

reboot  NetBSD -- I see at then end of boot printouts:

   npfd: pcap_activate failed: ...

What is it; how do I make it go away?

On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 1:22 PM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> YEP! It (netstat) made more sence .
>
> Thanks
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2024 at 4:55 PM Brad Spencer <brad%anduin.eldar.org@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> writes:
> >
> > > I think I fixed is:
> > >
> > > /etc/rc.d/npf onerestart
> > >
> > > It complained -- I un-commented ALL of $wi*. Error went away.
> > > Why? I only have $wired_if  (as wm0) . Why the other
> > > 2 vars needed?
> >
> > If a variable is used anywhere else in the config file, it will probably
> > have to be set.  I suspect that you needed $wired_addrs.  Your statement
> > is a bit too vague to allow anything else to be said about that matter.
> >
> > > 'ifconfig npflog0'  worked
> > >
> > > in 'netstat -ain' I see npflo. Why that name -- shouldnt it it be npflog ?
> >
> > That is the typical truncation thing that netstat does.  It also chops
> > the ip addresses.  If you want the full names and ip addresses, add the
> > 'v' flag to your netstat line.
> >
> >
> >
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> > --
> > Brad Spencer - brad%anduin.eldar.org@localhost - KC8VKS - http://anduin.eldar.org