Unable to Replace Currently Running IPF Rules With IPF Command

Bob Perry rperry at gti.net
Mon Sep 12 21:03:06 PDT 2005


On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 03:54 -0400, Parv wrote:
> in message <1126485205.806.27.camel at homey.my.domain>,
> wrote Bob Perry thusly...
> >
> > I notice that when I attempt to replace the currently running
> > ruleset, my system (FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE) is unable to recognize
> > the file name.  For instance, the command, "ipf -Fa -f
> > /etc/ipf.rules" results in "26: unknown words at end: [/], ipf:
> > /etc/ipf.rules: parse error (1), quitting."
> 
> There is no problem w/ the system not recoginizing the file per se,
> as ipf(8) parses some of the rules before line 26.  The error seems
> to be w/ the (rule on) line 26 of /etc/ipf.rules.  Care to show what
> you have in there?
> 
> 
>   - Parv
> 
Parv,
Someone clearly does not know how to use his vi editor very well.  I
placed the / at the end of a line thinking it was needed to continue the
rule on the next line.  Guess you don't need it using ascii text.

Thanks for taking the time to respond to the question.

Bob Perry



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