From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 16 21:19:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 770A016A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:19:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from pd5mo1so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4623143D2F for ; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:19:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aardvark@saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com) Received: from pd2mr2so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr2so-ser.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.109])2003))freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:16:39 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml1so.prod.shaw.ca (pn2ml1so-qfe0.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.121.145]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HUP00HNUFZRCU@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:16:39 -0700 (MST) Received: from francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (h24-87-202-31.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.202.31]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HUP0020WFZRE0@l-daemon> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:16:39 -0700 (MST) Received: from hardesty.hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com [192.168.23.1]) by francisco.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2H5IFIh038567; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:18:15 -0800 Received: from aardvark by hardesty.hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1B3TSo-00016y-00; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:19:34 -0800 Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:19:33 -0800 From: Saint Aardvark the Carpeted In-reply-to: <4057BE98.3050400@shaw.ca> Sender: Debian User To: RYAN vAN GINNEKEN Message-id: <20040317051933.GX24522@hardesty.saintaardvarkthecarpeted.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i References: <4057BE98.3050400@shaw.ca> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote restart of natd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 05:19:42 -0000 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.