Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:36:37 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Mark <admin@asarian-host.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Running /etc/rc.firewall in the background Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20030911083637.013f8520@sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <200309111316.H8BDGOSF029451@asarian-host.net>
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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 jackstone@sage-one.net
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