From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 1 20:04:07 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 E43E716A4CE for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:04:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pearl.ibctech.ca (dev.eagle.ca [209.167.58.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ACC743D46 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:04:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 17062 invoked by uid 1002); 1 Sep 2004 20:05:20 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by pearl.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (clamscan: 0.73. spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 7.071666 secs); 01 Sep 2004 20:05:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail.ibctech.ca) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.ibctech.ca with SMTP; 1 Sep 2004 20:05:10 -0000 Received: from 209.167.16.15 (SquirrelMail authenticated user steve@ibctech.ca); by webmail.ibctech.ca with HTTP; Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:05:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4122.209.167.16.15.1094069110.squirrel@209.167.16.15> In-Reply-To: <20040901191705.60447.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040901191705.60447.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:05:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" To: "xanadu" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fw.sh question 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, 01 Sep 2004 20:04:08 -0000 > > I installed freebsd 4.5 and am trying to use a firewall rules set to > load > upon bootup. I put a file called fw.sh in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ but it > doesn't load up when I restart. I got the impression that all .sh > files in > this folder are supposed to load up. > You should instead put your script into /etc or somewhere (perhaps /root), and load it from rc.conf instead...like this: firewall_script="/etc/fw.sh" This will ensure it gets loaded, and will get loaded sooner in the boot cycle, before the services get loaded up. my $.02 Steve > Any ideas? > > I am logged in as root. > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >