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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Joe <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>
Subject: Re: How to manually start firewall after system completed boot.
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On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:25:46 -0400, Joe wrote:
> Is there some format of the service command that could be used to 
> manually start the selected firewall?

How about the rc.d framework?

	# /etc/rc.d/ipfw start

Or

	# service ipfw start

Both will honor the firewall_type= setting in /etc/rc.conf
(here: for IPFW).

-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
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