banned_site is a user defined chain. Thanks for the info on calling an external file. It worked perfectly (once I got the PATH setup correctly)!! Thanks again.
Lance Peterson ---- "Eric G. Miller" <egm2@jps.net> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 08:55:06PM -0500, Lance Peterson wrote: > > I'm trying to call an external file in a bash firewall script on > my Debian > > system. The external file is /etc/ban_list. I tried this without > success: > > > > for site in /etc/ban_list; do > > iptables -A banned_site -s site -j DROP > > done > > > > Can someone show me the right way to call in parameters to a script > from > > an external file? > > Umm, is "banned_site" a parameter to iptables or a variable? > > for site in $(cat /etc/ban_list); do > iptables -A banned_site -s $site -j DROP > done > > -- > Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com
