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Date:      Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:40:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Luke Dean <LukeD@pobox.com>
To:        Brian John <brianjohn@fusemail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problems with pf
Message-ID:  <20050422183724.W16245@border.crystalsphere.multiverse>
In-Reply-To: <4269A431.1060201@fusemail.com>
References:  <4269A431.1060201@fusemail.com>

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> I have read the manpage on pf but I am still stumped.  I get some error 
> messages when starting up that say something like 'rule expands to no 
> possible valid combination' or something to that effect.  If someone can tell 
> me how I can find out what the error messages are when I boot I will post 
> them.

Parse your rules without actually loading them:
pfctl -n -f /etc/pf.conf

Flush the old rules and load the new ones without rebooting:
pfctl -F -f /etc/pf.conf

Both are must-haves for tinkering with pf.



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