Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 00:05:36 -0400 From: Zach Hartley <zhartley@linus.highpoint.edu> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ipfw starts at boot-up Message-ID: <20011003000536.C8905@linus.highpoint.edu> In-Reply-To: <20011002234121.27ffd120.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>; from mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu on Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:41:21PM -0400 References: <20011002234121.27ffd120.mace_nathan@uchaswv.edu>
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Well, one (very ghetto) way of getting around that would be this: add the following to rc.local ipfw flush ipfw add allow ip from any to any its what i use when i don't feel like monkeying around with the firewall. hth Zach Around Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:41:21PM -0400, Nathan Mace thus spake the following: > i just compiled my kernel to include ipfw support....installed > it..restarted....it's 11:30PM here...the firewall is just a pet project > that i'm running on my personal machine...it can wait a few days. it's > set by default to deny all....i got it opened up enough to sent mail and > get on the net(duh or you wouldn't be reading this)....but my question > is....according to 'man rc.conf" i can add some options to the > /etc/rc.conf file like whether or not to start the firewall when the OS > boots...eventually i'll want it to..but not until i get it configured. > so i set that to no..and a few other options then i rebooted > > when it boots up is says that firewall_enable = "NO" is not a valid > command...basically along the lines that it doesn't know what to do with > it. what am i doing wrong? none of the options i entered concerning > the firewall to rc.conf file work...they all say what the 1st one does. > i've attached my rc.conf file...can someone look at it and maybe tell me > what i'm doing wrong? i found some doc's at www.onlamp.com and thats > what they do as well.....what do i do? > > thanks > nathan -- Zachary Todd Hartley "Attempted murder. Now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?" --Sideshow Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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