Re: Solaris 10+ipfilter how-to (revised)

> >> for the first time, (c) replace Sun ipfilter with latest version, I
> >> discovered that /usr/sbin/pfild appeared, where I don't remember
> >> it in the original Solaris 10 3/05 release. Darren's pfil won't run
> >> without pfild in place, and removing packages SUNWipfu and SUNWipfr
> >> removes pfild. So, you have to hang on to it.

There are a couple of things going on.

First, /svc/lib/method/ipfilter wants to start pfild, so if it isn't
there, you'll get an error and ipfilter will go into maintenance mode.

pfild is required by the pfil STREAMS module that Sun provides.

Darren