Unable to Replace Currently Running IPF Rules With IPF Command

Parv parv at pair.com
Mon Sep 12 21:24:46 PDT 2005


in message <1126584170.758.8.camel at homey.my.domain>, wrote Bob Perry
thusly...
>
> 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."
...
> > The error seems to be w/ the (rule on) line 26 of
> > /etc/ipf.rules.
...
> 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.

As i put a rule completely on one line, i cannot comment whethere
splitting is possible or if there will not be any errors after
splittling.


  - Parv

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