Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 13:33:53 +0200 From: Tim Priebe <tim@iafrica.com.na> To: Bryan Talbot <btalbot@ucsd.edu>, "Greg Quinlan" <Greg.Quinlan@swlct.sthames.nhs.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: New rc.conf entry question. Message-ID: <99091513391007.09401@310.priebe.alt.na> References: <4.2.0.58.19990914122726.00a802e0@mail.elcjn1.sdca.home.com>
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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Bryan Talbot wrote:
> I accomplished this by simply setting
> firewall_type="/etc/firewall_rules.m4" and modifying the last little bit of
> the /etc/rc.firewall to read ...
>
> elif [ "${firewall_type}" != "UNKNOWN" -a -r "${firewall_type}" ]; then
> $fwcmd -p /usr/bin/m4 ${firewall_type}
> fi
>
>
> This puts all the custom firewall rules into one location that should never
> be disturbed by an upgrade. I couldn't get around the need to modify the
> rc.firewall file somewhat though to allow for the use of M4.
I have done the same thing here, but have used a different filter, as the
person that will have to maintain the rules does not know m4. Shold there be a
firewall_options variable added?
Tim.
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