Re: [aclug-L] Yet More Ipchains Stuff

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Craig Terhune wrote:

> Jeff I could not wait to get home and look at /sbin/ipchains but
> found it is an exec. does the script tell it what to do. "Could
> you please explain. Thanks

Certainly. Ipchains is an executable, yes. Non-root users can run it,
but it'd be pointless; run it as root (sudo /sbin/ipchains ... or su
to root then run it).

The switches you give to the ipchains command tell it what to do.
I had suggested making a separate script that would hold all your
ipchains commands in one place. This way they can be run as part of
the system startup process, and can be edited & re-run at any time.
(For that, I'd suggest putting a -F flush command first, in order to
start with a clean slate each time you run it).

Did I answer your question?

-jeff
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