On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 09:54:52PM +0200, Lorenzo Rossi wrote: > you have to know I a newb..
Most people have been at some time in their history. :) > I know that in "/etc/initd/" there are lots of scripts....but I'm > steel studing the language.. That are just shell scripts. I suggest you read some basics about UNIX in general, Linux in special and Debian in very special. One nice URL to look through is http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html > > I personally prefer to start the firewall script from > > /etc/network/interfaces like this: > > > > iface eth9 inet static > > address ... > > netmask ... > > gateway ... > > pre-up /etc/network/firewall.sh > > This advice seem to be very nice, I go to test it. > > Just one more question... :) Does the "pre-up" keyword meens that the > Firewall is startup at the same time the interface is going up? You may want to look at the interfaces(5) manual page (run "man 5 interfaces" from the command line). All those configuration settings are described there. > Looking at the prefix "pre" I should imagine that it start the firewall > script before the interface is up, but this seem to me a bit strange... Yes, that's correct. That doesn't slip anything through while the interface is already up but the script is still being executed. In reality it's just a matter of a second. Christoph -- ~ ~ ".signature" [Modified] 3 lines --100%-- 3,41 All
