Hello, Thank you to all who reply to my post :) I now have one file with all my variables :) Michael On 09 Dec 2003 18:27:11 +0100 Ralf Spenneberg <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Am Die, 2003-12-09 um 18.11 schrieb Michael Gale: > > Does anyone know how I could make a set of global variables that the firewall scripts can access when they start up. > Put all your variables into one script: init_variables. > Source this script at the beginning of your scripts: > . /path-to/init_variables > > > 2. -- Is there a way to have iptables run a command or execute another script based on a rule :) > No, not that I know of. You could generate a rule which would log an > event. This event could be parsed by swatch or logsurfer. They would > then start the command. > > Cheers, > > Ralf > -- > Ralf Spenneberg > RHCE, RHCX > > Book: VPN mit Linux > Book: Intrusion Detection für Linux Server http://www.spenneberg.com > IPsec-Howto http://www.ipsec-howto.org > Honeynet Project Mirror: http://honeynet.spenneberg.org > -- Michael Gale Network Administrator Utilitran Corporation