Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:13:14 -0800 (PST) From: Brook Miles <forger@bcgrizzly.com> To: "N. N.M" <madrapour@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick ipfw question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9901121104130.3633-100000@kodiak.bcgrizzly.com> In-Reply-To: <19990112133436.13071.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, N. N.M wrote: Well..the first example command line in my man page reads: ipfw [-q] file And so I rather expected it to work. But from the other responses it appears this is only a temporary bug, so I guess I'll just put up with it untill I get around to updating. Thanks for the help all, Brook > The reason is simple: as the manual mentions, the argument "-q" is valid > only with the following commands: > > - flush > - zero no. > - add ...... > > As you see, if you wanna use a file as ipfw's argument, you can't use > "-q". Alternatively, you can use -q in each line (or each ipfw commands) > in your file (/myfile). So the rules in this file are added "quietly". > > Nazila N. > > > >Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:21:05 -0800 (PST) > >From: Brook Miles <forger@bcgrizzly.com> > >To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > >Subject: Quick ipfw question > > > > > >Is there some reason that > > ipfw /my/file > >works but > > ipfw -q /my/file > >doesn't? > > > >It gives "ipfw: error: Bad Arguments" > > > >FreeBSD/i386 3.0-RELEASE +--- | Brook Miles <forger@bcgrizzly.com> | A spec of cosmic dust... with attitude. +-------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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