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Subject: Re: ipfilter rule will not load
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On 4/25/2006 1:19 PM, Aaron Siegel wrote:
> Hello
> I cannot get ipfilter to load any rules. When I type in the iptest command I 
> receive the following output:
> <root@hal># ipftest
> no rules loaded
> 

man ipftest says:

At least one of -N, -P or -r must be specified.

Sounds like you want:

# ipftest -r /etc/ipf.rules

Ron Wilhoite