Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 00:22:38 +1200 (NZST) From: Andrew McNaughton <andrew@scoop.co.nz> To: Neo-Vortex <root@Neo-Vortex.net> Cc: Siddhartha Jain <sid@netmagicsolutions.com> Subject: Re: IPFW disconnections and resets Message-ID: <20050430001910.C3271@a2.scoop.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <20050429203417.P85987@Neo-Vortex.net> References: <4272011F.9040707@netmagicsolutions.com> <20050429194242.I78552@Neo-Vortex.net> <20050429203417.P85987@Neo-Vortex.net>
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On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Neo-Vortex wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Siddhartha Jain wrote:
>
>> Even if I run this script as it is (without running from within another
>> script and redirecting), I don't get disconnected.
>
> hehe, probobly different shells or something (i use tcsh) - or mabe luck
> :) but without it i get disconnected like 99.9% of times (although because
> of the first rule after flush, only like 1% of the time do i get locked
> out :P)
1% is way too much. use nohup. eg:
nohup sh /etc/rc.firewall simple &
You can wrap that in a script if you think it's necessary.
Other common advice is to run the firewall script while in a 'screen'
environment. See ports for screen.
Andrew McNaughton
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