Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 09:01:03 +0100 From: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> To: pwd8jmr22w@me.point.ne.jp Cc: Chat-ML FreeBSD <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Just to make sure that I am following the correct FreeBSD ML rules/etiquettes Message-ID: <41ECC23F.5060203@kernel32.de> In-Reply-To: <41ECED3A.70403@me.point.ne.jp> References: <41ECED3A.70403@me.point.ne.jp>
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Hi there, some answers, which popped up in my head. Although I'm usually reading the german de-bsd-questions, I believe the "rules/etiquette" on international bsd-questions should be the same. So, here we go :) Srot BULL wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry if this is not the right list for this post. I did not want to > bother all those guys in the questions mailing list with this non-sense > posting. > By the way, if I do this kind of posting again...please tell where to > correctly post it... > until now it sounds like a -chat question, so it looks right to post here ;) > I have this question all a long and it seems that my urge to ask this > question in this list is no longer controllable. > > For example: > I posted a question in the freebsd-questions mailing list and as usual I > get my quick and valuable answers. To all volunteers, Thank You! > I posted this yesterday: > IPFW - How to allow NAT client to CVSup > > Now, what if I need to follow-up another question that is not much > related to my original post but a little to the response that the people > gave me. Like for example, Mr. Aaron Siegel, answered that I should be > editing the /etc/rc.firewall. Just for example again, if I wanted to > ask the list which should it be. Do I need to make my own rulesets or do > I need to use /etc/rc.firewall because, sometime before (sorry I could > not find it anymore...) I have read about leaving /etc/rc.firewall as it > should be, because it is a little outdated and that I should create my > own rulesets...I hope I am not sounding like I do not need answers like > that, I NEED THEM, because I want to learn...I just need some guidance > and your ideas here. > well, I would leave rc.firewall as-it-is and I would create my own ruleset, which is basicly just a shell script. To let it run in rc.conf at boot time, you just use firewall_script="/path/to/your/script.sh" instead of firewall_type="something" which would refer to rc.firewall. check out /etc/defaults/rc.conf which gives you a rough overview. > Assuming the above, do I need to post another topic for the above or > should I just continue to respond and ask the above question in the same > thread? You should always use a new eMail for a new question. It makes live easier for others searching the archives. Let's assume your first eMail was about your first custom kernel. If you would ask inside this eMail a second question about your own firewall rule set this wouldn't make much sense. > Do I sound really stupid here? Well, my reason for my posting this > non-sense question is, what if someone like me, new to FreeBSD gets a > response like search it in the archive...I do, but what if someone gets > to read the above archive and gets confused because I asked another > question which was not so related to the original posting. This is just > an assumption... > your assumption is correct. HTH best regards, Marian
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