Look at this... http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/iptables-for-restricting-access-by-time-of-day.html hope it helps -- Eugene Jansen van Rensburg eMail: eugenejvr@xxxxxxxxx "Quit is NOT an option" On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 16:33, Steven Buehler <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have been googling for this and haven't found it. I know I have seen it > before and thought that it was an iptables command and not a separate > script, but I can't remember as it has been a while since I have seen it. > What I want to do is to open a port on the firewall with iptables for a set > time, like 5 hours and then after 5 hours, it will close the port again. > Can anybody point me in the right direction, or if it is a command of > iptables, maybe post that for me? > > > > We have a system that is locked down and you have to use a key to get ssh > access to it. We have employees and customers that are on dynamic IP's that > keep switching. They don't have root access. What I am trying to do is > create a script that they can log into and it will get their current IP > address and open the firewall for a specified length of time. Once open, > they would still have to use their public/private key to ssh into it. I > agree this isn't perfect, but it is better than just leaving that port open > to the world all the time. > > > > Any help would be appreciated > > > > thanks > > Steve > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
