This system was an NT 4.0 FW1 4.1 SP1 machine. I did the same thing -
fwstop; del fwd.h*; fwstart.
I never did a fw lichosts after that.
-J
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>>>Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 6:28 AM
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Subject: Antwort: RE: [FW1] file fwd.hosts
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>>>>At what point is this file recreated? I have done this in the past and
>>>the
>>>>file didn't automatically reappear.
>>>
>>>On my system (Solaris 7, FW1 4.0 SP6), the file was immediately recreated
>>>after I restarted the firewall.
>>>If not, what happens if you do 'fw lichosts' ?
>>>Here�s what I did:
>>> fwstop
>>> rm $FWDIR/database/fwd.h*
>>> fwstart
>>>Regards, Harald
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>If you delete the files fwd.h and fwd.hosts in your $FWDIR/database
>>>>>>directory, then restart the firewall, you will force FW-1 to
>>>recount the
>>>>>>protected hosts.
>>>>>>This is useful if hosts that are still being considered as
>>>>>>protected hosts
>>>>>>by the firewll do no longer exist in the network.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> can anyone explain me what is it the file
>>>>>>>$FWDIR/database/fwd.hosts
>>>>>>>and what does it happen if someone remove it ?
>>>
>>>
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