On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 14:15, R. DuFresne wrote: > > The way I've typically seen it work is that the init.d/iptables script > > calls iptables-restore and passes it the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. > > This file is written when you do init.d/iptables save. > > > perhaps on redhat and debian, and maybe suse systems that have moved away > from the standard upon which linux was formed, namely bsd. Linux is a kernel and it leans more in the sysV direction. As I recall, the early versions supported termio.h, not sgtty.h before things converged to the posix termios.h > Those dists > that retain their bsd layouts have no /etc/init.d directory, everything > lies under /etc/rc.d/. Retain? Perhaps you mean 'were built separately', omitting the sysv init functionality? > And it's a shame things are seperating out in > the linux world like this as many of the tools and toys bewing created > either conform to the new redhat layouts or follow older established > standards. SysV and bsd styles separated before Linux was invented. It's a shame they never converged and that bsd style distributions still don't have a decent way to start and stop services. --- Les Mikesell les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
