The policy file is probably no help. However, a copy of the working files
is saved on the firewall as part of the policy install. You MIGHT be able
to get an adequate copy of the pre-upgrade objects from
$FWDIR/database/objects.C.
See http://www.phoneboy.com/fw1/faq/0149.html for more about fw confmerge
Tim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hero Idema [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 4:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [FW1] Recovering empty rulebase from policy file
>
>
> Hello,
>
> recently I upgraded my firewall (FW-1 4.0 on Solaris 2.6) to SP7. The only
> problem is that I lost my objects.C during the process. My rulebase is
> empty. I have the rulebase.W file but when using fwm -g rulebase.W it
> cannot find my objects.
> It seems that it didn't merge the objects.C file but just overwrote it.
> And (yes blame me for being stupid) I didn't have a backup of the
> Objects.C file so I can't merge it by hand.
>
> I do however have a working policy file (.pf) which the filewall is using
> now. Is it possible to regenerate a rule base (or a least and objects.C
> file) with the policy file?
>
> The most frustrating is that I can see and open the current policy the
> firewall is using now by clicking on the 'show policy' button in the GUI
> at file->open. But I cannot modify it or save it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Hero Idema
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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