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From:      "Dylan A. Loomis" <dylan@aero.org>
To:        Joe Konecny <jkonecn@green-mfg.com>
Cc:        freebsd list <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: how to execute rc.firewall?
Message-ID:  <19990607173311.A14527@rush.aero.org>
In-Reply-To: <375C48D0.85D4838D@green-mfg.com>; from Joe Konecny on Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 03:33:52PM -0700
References:  <375C48D0.85D4838D@green-mfg.com>

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On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 03:33:52PM -0700, Joe Konecny wrote:
> 1.  I'm not expert but it looks to me like rc.firewall is supposed to
>     execute on startup?
> 
> 2.  Why does rc.firewall look in /etc/default/rc.conf first for 
>     variables?  At least that is the way it looks from reading
>     it.
> 
> 
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1. /etc/rc.network will run rc.firewall if firewall is enabled in the kernel,
firewall_enable is set to YES in either /etc/rc.conf, or /etc/default/rc.conf
see /etc/rc.network for the longer expl.  rc.network is run by /etc/rc which
is run by init.

2. A bunch of variables need to be set that reside in /etc/default/rc.conf
then /etc/rc.conf, is read.  This way you get all the
the defaults, then can override any that you need in /etc/rc.conf without
fubar'ing your defaults.

						HTH -DAL-

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