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Date:      Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:19:33 -0800
From:      Saint Aardvark the Carpeted <aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com>
To:        RYAN vAN GINNEKEN <rmvg@shaw.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: remote restart of natd
Message-ID:  <20040317051933.GX24522@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com>
In-Reply-To: <4057BE98.3050400@shaw.ca>
References:  <4057BE98.3050400@shaw.ca>

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RYAN vAN GINNEKEN disturbed my sleep to write:
> Is there a way to restart natd remotely without disconnecting myself 
> using freebsd 4.9 stable.  Have been playing around with the natd.conf 
> file and would like to see if it works or not and do not want to reboot 
> EVER.!!!!!! or be disconnected

If I'm doing this, or testing the firewall while not at the box, I
usually set up something in cron or at(1) to do something like:

	/sbin/ipfw add 10 allow all from [my IP address] to [the box's ip address] 

Set it up to go off in a few minutes, and that should give you a backup
plan.

HTH,
Hugh

-- 
Saint Aardvark the Carpeted
aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com
Because the plural of Anecdote is Myth.



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