At 01:16 PM 9.11.2003 GMT, Mark wrote: >I have quite a few firewall rules (FreeBSD 4.7R). This causes the server >start-up to take several minutes extra. I wanted to have the rules loaded in >the background; like so: > >firewall_script="/etc/rc.firewall &" > >But, alas, that does not work. :( Is there a way to do this at all? > >Thanks! > >- Mark >
Yes, but use this instead (if "firewall is your rules script file"): # /bin/sh /etc/rc.firewall & Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"