From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Max Kellermann Subject: conntrackd won't start, "can't open multicast server!" Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:10:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20080104081007.GA30807@swift.blarg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, Pablo Neira Ayuso Return-path: Received: from [78.31.71.42] ([78.31.71.42]:35228 "HELO duempel.org" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752910AbYADIQu (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Jan 2008 03:16:50 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netfilter-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Pablo, I am currently working on the official conntrack-tools 0.9.5 Debian package; I have been maintaining the old "conntrack" program before. The daemon will not start (with examples/stats/conntrackd.conf): host:~# /usr/sbin/conntrackd -C /etc/conntrackd.conf Notice: StripNAT clause is obsolete. Please, remove it from conntrackd.conf ERROR: conntrackd cannot start, please check the logfile for more info host:~# tail /var/log/conntrackd.log [Fri Jan 4 09:01:25 2008] (pid=9353) --- starting in console mode --- [Fri Jan 4 09:01:25 2008] (pid=9353) [FAIL] can't open multicast server! [Fri Jan 4 09:01:25 2008] (pid=9353) [FAIL] initialization failed This machine has CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y, although I do not understand why conntrackd needs a multicast socket in the stats mode. strace says: socket(PF_UNSPEC, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) = -1 EAFNOSUPPORT (Address family not supported by protocol) Also, the example shipped in the 0.9.5 includes the obsolete "StripNAT" option. Max