i would think this would be "out there" in the lists or faqs somewhere, but i've
been unable to find the answer - which leads me to wonder if i'm even looking in
the right place to begin with ... anyway, on to the question.
for some time now i've been prepending my ipf/ipnat rulesets with lines such as:
#!/sbin/ipf -Fa -f
and
#!/sbin/ipnat -CF -f
executing those files have in the past resulted in the rules being processed as
if i had typed the same command (followed by the ruleset filename) in shell.
this no longer works as of freebsd 5.4, and continues to fail with freebsd 6.0.
ipf simply does nothing, and ipnat returns an error ("invalid argument/parameter
--" or something similar).
is this the result of a purposeful change in ipf/ipnat binaries, some kind of
bug in the freebsd implementations, or an issue with my shell?
in all cases, i simply use the ipfilter/ipnat binaries that are built into the
system - i do not download/compile/install ipfilter myself.
thanks for any hints.
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Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?
