> Just a little idea I stumbled upon... > > How about having a directory that allows dropping in files as part of > packages (e.g. /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2.d/). > > Those files could include stuff like > - a detailed description of the ports that are relevant to the package > - parsable data for SuSEfirewall2, to be able to open (or close) ports > based on that information > ---8<-------------------------------------------- > <susefirewall2-service id="xmpp"> > <summary>XMPP/Jabber</summary> > <description> > Open these ports to allow communication with an > XMPP/Jabber server hosted in your network. > </description> > <ports> > <port proto="udp" port="5222" /> > <port-range proto="tcp" range="5222-5223"/> > </ports> > <susefirewall2-service> > ---8<-------------------------------------------- > (of course, it should be capable of being localized)
> I'd like to have that too :-) It's nothing SuSEfirewall2 should deal > with though. The YaST firewall module can make use of that > information instead. Currently the information about ports is > hardcoded in /usr/share/YaST2/modules/SuSEFirewallServices.ycp Hi, I like the proposal, that's almost exactly what I wanted to do. Additionally, using an XML format for storing this kind of information is even better than I planned. The only thing, I doubt, is the translation of <summary/> and <description/> but there definitely must be a way to do that somehow. Also the /path/ for storing these XML files has to be consulted with some LSB guru to follow the LSB standards (if such rule exists). Well, having these services well-defined by packages themselves seems to be a good idea, on the other hand too many defined services might make the UI almost unusable :) Lukas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
