On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 21:41, steve wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > > >On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 21:06, Andy George wrote: > > > > > >>Having played with IPCop, liked it, but it didnt suit my needs, I've > >>recently introduced a Linux box, to act as Services server. > >> > >>WVDial > >>IPTables > >>httpd > >>ftpd > >>Samba > >>ircd > >> > >>My firewall came from morizot, an online script that generates IPTables > >>firewalls, both Personal and Gateway scripts, very tidy... > >> > >>* Outside of using one of these scripts, which suggests you run the script > >>as /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall <option>, where would you normally find the > >>firewall and is there a way (perhaps a webmin module or some such) that can > >>make starting, stopping, and editting the rules that much faster and easier. > >> > >> > > > >/etc/rc.d or /etc/init.d are the standard places for starting and > >stopping and generally controlling scripts. in some ways there is no > >easier way to start or stop a script than typing > > > >/etc/init.d/script start|stop|restart|reload > > > There are a million places that tell you _never_ to use these scripts in > this way!
why?? > However, I don't know of a single person who heeds these dire > warnings! > > Steve > > > > >of course you can put a cgi script up if you want to do it from another > >box and don't want to use ssh. > > > >as has been pointed out there are a zillion and one programs to generate > >the script itself. > > > > > > > >>Andy > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
