Portsnap fetch update not working

[JoeyKrizzal]

I opened up all ports in my ipfw firewall and I still can't run the portsnap fetch update command. I get the following error message when I execute the command: Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... failed.

Here is my ipfw config:

#!/bin/sh

ipfw="/sbin/ipfw -q -f"

${ipfw} flush


${ipfw} add 99999 allow all from any to any


Is there any other suggestion on what may be blocking this update command from running?

[rusty]

Could always use a rule like;
# Allow out FBSD (make install & CVSUP) functions
# Basically give user root "GOD" privileges.
$cmd 00240 allow tcp from me to any out via $pif setup keep-state uid root

Sounds silly but have you tried switching server?
portsnap fetch update -s portsnap2.FreeBSD.org

[JoeyKrizzal]

Thanks for the assistance Rusty, but what is the value of the $pif variable?

[wblock@]

I opened up all ports in my ipfw firewall and I still can't run the "portsnap fetch update" command. I get the following error message when I execute the command: Fetching snapshot tag from portsnap1.FreeBSD.org... failed.

Your other thread about security settings might be involved. A lot of people set security really high and then ordinary things suddenly fail. kern.securelevel, for example.

[rusty]

Thanks for the assistance Rusty, but what is the value of the $pif variable?

Change it to the name of your NIC, have a look at
30.6.5.6 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/firewalls-ipfw.html

[JoeyKrizzal]

True WBlock, it was set too high... I commented out the #kern_securelevel_enable="YES" and #kern_securelevel="3"
from my rc.conf file and rebooted the system. Should I place the security level to 0 and reboot again?

[wblock@]

True WBlock, it was set too high... I commented out the #kern_securelevel_enable="YES" and #kern_securelevel="3"
from my rc.conf file and rebooted the system. Should I place the security level to 0 and reboot again?

Read the section in /etc/defaults/rc.conf about that. I haven't used securelevel enough to make recommendations. It'll depend on your situation.