[Gllug] imasq inconsistent

[Branden Faulls]

I've been setting up my main debian box for IP-masquerading  using the 
imasq package.  When I am able to get the forwarding working, it works 
brilliantly.  I can ping from all edges and browse the Web from all 
boxes on the wired and wireless network.  Great.  

Problem is  that inorder to get masquerading to work, I have to pon/poff 
and imasq repeatedly inorder to get the connection work.  I have tried 
adding /usr/bin/imasq to the end of my pon script, with little success. 
 If I call the script  as a non-root user I get Permission complaints 
about setting IP-tables.  If I call pon as root,  I succeed one time out 
of maybe five attempts.  This scattershot approach is like slapping the 
side of the TV to improve tuning.

I'm chasing my gnubie tail.  Somebody slap some sense into me.

Details:

Debian woody / 2.2.20 kernel / dial-up connection via pon

Branden Faulls


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