From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 1 14:50:10 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA24039 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:50:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lincc.lincc.lib.or.us (lincc.lincc.lib.or.us [198.107.142.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA24032 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:50:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (george@localhost) by lincc.lincc.lib.or.us (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA07363; Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:49:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:49:53 -0700 (PDT) From: George Yobst To: Brad Hendrickse cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Saving the configuration of 'ipfw' In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, Brad Hendrickse wrote: * * Hi there, as you can tell from the subject, I'm wanting to know if it's *possible to save the configuration of 'ipfw'. Each time I reboot, I find I *have to reconfigure it. * * Thanks in advance, * *--brad I'm a FreeBSD user-- The configuration file is /etc/rc.firewall, which is triggered by the 'firewall' parameter in /etc/sysconfig (or now /etc/rc.conf; 2.2.2) along with which parameter is used -- open, simple, client, NONE. Did you read the Handbook? - Good example there! - George ----------------------------------------------------------------------- George Yobst, System Manager email: george@lincc.lib.or.us LINCC phone: 503-655-8550 16239 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Suite 208 fax: 503-655-8555 Oak Grove, OR 97267-4654 webmaster: [www.]lincc.lib.or.us "...it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows." - Epictetus