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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:36:37 -0500
To: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: Running /etc/rc.firewall in the background
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At 01:16 PM 9.11.2003 GMT, Mark wrote:
>I have quite a few firewall rules (FreeBSD 4.7R). This causes the server
>start-up to take several minutes extra. I wanted to have the rules loaded in
>the background; like so:
>
>firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall &"
>
>But, alas, that does not work. :( Is there a way to do this at all?
>
>Thanks!
>
>- Mark
>

Yes, but use this instead (if "firewall is your rules script file"):
# /bin/sh /etc/rc.firewall &

Best regards,
Jack L. Stone,
Administrator

SageOne Net
http://www.sage-one.net
jackstone@sage-one.net