FreeBSD8.0 Firewall Script behaves much differently than 6.x

2010-03-31 Thread Martin McCormick
Is there a proper way to reset firewall rules in FreeBSD8.0 ? I just discovered that if one is remotely logged in and makes a change in the firewall rules, it is a disastor to do something like sh /etc/[firewall_rules_script] One could do that in FreeBSD6.x. When the rules

Re: FreeBSD8.0 Firewall Script behaves much differently than 6.x

2010-03-31 Thread Martin McCormick
I have just answered part of my own question. If you background the process as in sh /etc/rules.fw it works. You still get knocked off the remote connection but the backgrounded process continues to run without a controlling terminal and completes. The only remaining part of

Re: FreeBSD8.0 Firewall Script behaves much differently than 6.x

2010-03-31 Thread Martin McCormick
Mark writes: You could use nohup That's is a very good idea. Thanks. Martin McCormick ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: FreeBSD8.0 Firewall Script behaves much differently than 6.x

2010-03-31 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Martin McCormick mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu writes: Is there a proper way to reset firewall rules in FreeBSD8.0 ? I just discovered that if one is remotely logged in and makes a change in the firewall rules, it is a disastor to do something like sh /etc/[firewall_rules_script]

Re: FreeBSD8.0 Firewall Script behaves much differently than 6.x

2010-03-31 Thread Daniel Bye
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 09:43:53AM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: I have just answered part of my own question. If you background the process as in sh /etc/rules.fw it works. You still get knocked off the remote connection but the backgrounded process continues to run without a