On Jan 3, 2005, at 12:44 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote:
On Jan 3, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Eric F Crist wrote:
I'm trying to create a shell script for firewalling. What I'm hoping to do is create a generic script that looks for variables in /etc/rc.conf. I've tried looking at other scripts that use variables placed there, but don't understand how to pull the information from the file.
Ah, now I may be a FreeBSD newbie, but I've been doing shell scripts for a long time.
What specifically are you trying to pull out of /etc/rc.conf?
TjL
ps - that said, why aren't you setting firewall configuration once and leaving it alone?
Well, I'm hoping to put some variables such as grog_firewall_enable, grog_firewall_iif, grog_firewall_oif, and possibly one or two more. These variables will change from one system to another, as this script will be installed on multiple systems. By setting these variables in rc.conf (or any other, separate file), I can change one copy of this script, propagate it throughout a set of servers, without having to customize each one for a particular server.
In regards to your ps, I AM setting the config once, but this setup allows me to easily upgrade/improve my ruleset. Besides, I'm learning a lot writing this damn thing. ;)
_______________________________________________________ Eric F Crist "I am so smart, S.M.R.T!" Secure Computing Networks -Homer J Simpson
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