Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:24:44 -0400 From: Parv <parv@pair.com> To: Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to Replace Currently Running IPF Rules With IPF Command Message-ID: <20050913042444.GA2856@holestein.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <1126584170.758.8.camel@homey.my.domain> References: <1126485205.806.27.camel@homey.my.domain> <20050912075459.GB85219@holestein.holy.cow> <1126584170.758.8.camel@homey.my.domain>
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in message <1126584170.758.8.camel@homey.my.domain>, wrote Bob Perry thusly... > > On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 03:54 -0400, Parv wrote: > > in message <1126485205.806.27.camel@homey.my.domain>, wrote Bob > > Perry thusly... > > > > > > I notice that when I attempt to replace the currently running > > > ruleset, my system (FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE) is unable to > > > recognize the file name. For instance, the command, "ipf -Fa > > > -f /etc/ipf.rules" results in "26: unknown words at end: [/], > > > ipf: /etc/ipf.rules: parse error (1), quitting." ... > > The error seems to be w/ the (rule on) line 26 of > > /etc/ipf.rules. ... > I placed the / at the end of a line thinking it was needed to > continue the rule on the next line. Guess you don't need it using > ascii text. As i put a rule completely on one line, i cannot comment whethere splitting is possible or if there will not be any errors after splittling. - Parv --
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