load kernel module permenantly

[mummaneni]

Hi everybody,
I am using FC4.

If firewalls are enabled, I am unable to do ftp transactions.
For this we need to add ip_nat_ftp module.
I am inserting this module with modprobe command, whenever I want to use FTP.
#modprobe ip_nat_ftp

How to add this module permenantly in kernel or How this module will be automatically loaded when we do begin ftp transactions while firewalls are enabled.

Please help me.

Thanks & Regards,
Mummaneni.

[bigtomrodney]

It depends on the distro, often you need to make an entry for the module in /etc/modules.preload

[mummaneni]

Hi,

I am using FC4. I don't have /etc/modules.preload file.
And also please tell me the syntax of the file.

Regards,
Mummaneni.

[bigtomrodney]

I'm not a Red Hat/Fedora user - maybe someone else can pick this up?

[fernape]

I'm not a Red Hat/Fedora user - maybe someone else can pick this up?

Well, not a Fedora but a WhiteBox user.

Write or create the /etc/rc.modules if it doesn't exist and add the line:

modprobe mymodule

You can also use the rc.local file, but rc.modules is executed earlier in the boot process.

HTH

Regards