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Ok guys, PLEASE don't shoot me down for maybe sounding thick to you but I have a problem maybe (?) one of you might be able to help out with hopefully ... There is a specific setup that I have been asked to look at changing where by there is one PC acting as a firewall sat between the internet and an internal network. Now, currently this PC is an old Debian setup with a custom IPTABLES script setup with firewall rules to block/allow access to internal servers. I've been asked to look at replacing this Debian setup with something more akin to a dedicated firewall distro and I've been looking at IPCOP because of it's nice simple setup, logging, and informative capabilities (so any non Linux friendly techies could re-set it up if needed with only limited coaching). Now the problem is this ... the current Debian setup also has a BIND9 DNS server set up on it (bad practice I know running a firewall and DNS server on the same machine) and they want the replacement PC to have the same. The problem is although I can get a "root" prompt on the IPCOP pc, because it is effectively a locked down distro that removes all software it doesn't need, I'm not exactly sure how to go about installing BIND9!! I mean I know HOW to install it from source, but there is no "MAKE" or "GCC" so I can't compile it from source and I'm lacking most if not all of the major "installation" components ... anyone got any clue as to how I can go about doing something about adding these because I can download them, but they come tarballed or gzipped and it lacks these commands too?? (what's quite funny/ironic is that if you download "TAR" or "GZIP" they come in either gzipped or tarballed files too - how are you supposed to untar/gzip them if they are the programs you want to untar/gizp!!?!?!?!?!) Hope someone might be able to help ... Gary - The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html