On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 16:38, Jason Williams wrote: > At 12:52 PM 12/30/2004, you wrote: > >I don't think you can put your variables in /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. > >It follows a particular pattern which is not that difficult to learn. > > > >If you want to use variables and stuff, you gotta write your own script > >file and run it at bootup. I use do this way when my firewall rules were > >less than 50 lines. > > > >Now my firewall rules are more than 500 lines so I edit the > >/etc/sysconfig/iptables file directly. It is just an efficient way to load > >the rules through this file. > > > I see. so if i want to use variables, I need to edit/replace > /etc/init.d/iptables then? with my own custom script? > Sounds like i need to brush up on my scripting. :) > > Cheers, > > Jason > > > You could run a script to create the rules and then save them to the iptables file. -- John A. Sullivan III Chief Technology Officer Nexus Management +1 207-985-7880 john.sullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- If you are interested in helping to develop a GPL enterprise class VPN/Firewall/Security device management console, please visit http://iscs.sourceforge.net
