RH9 UPDATE 2.6 KERNEL + IPTALBES
1.Preparation
Download the newest kernel, iptables, patch-o-matic-ng from the offical website, and put them on /opt/soft directory.
2.Let's begin
1)first need to remove RPM iptables ackage
rpm -qa |grep iptables
rpm -e --nodeps iptables-devel
rpm -e --nodeps iptables
2)Decompression kernel, iptables, patch-o-magic-ng software packages.
#tar -xjvf kernel-2.6.11.6.tar.gz2
#mv linux-2.6.11.6 linux
#tar -xjvf iptables-1.3.1.tar.bz2
#tar -xjvf patch-o-matic-ng-20050401.tar.bz2
#mv patch-o-matic-ng-20050401 patch-o-matic-ng
3) Patch kernel & iptables & patch-o-matic-ng
#cd /usr/src/linux
#make mrproper
#make menuconfig,nothing need to do,just saved and exit,for building .config file.
#cd /usr/src/patch-o-matic-ng
#KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux IPTABLES_DIR=/usr/src/iptables-1.3.1 ./runme extra
4) Complie/install kernel
#cd /usr/src/linux
make menuconfig, make sure that "[*]Prompt for development and/or incomplete code/drivers" must be selected.
#make
#make modules
#make modules_install
#make install
5)Complie/install iptables
#cd /usr/src/iptables-1.3.1
#export KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux
#export IPTABLES_DIR=/usr/src/iptables-1.3.1
#make BINDIR=/sbin LIBDIR=/lib MANDIR=/usr/share/man install
3.Write iptables scripts to test