On 2007-05-31 00:32, Stephan Schöffel wrote: > thanks for the hint. i'll think about that approach. yet there has to > be a file somewhere, where the yast firewall settings are stored. i > figured there is a file /etc/sysconfig/Susefirewall2 but it does not > like iptable entries to me. aint there a file where configuration is > saved except in a start script? That file contains all the variables needed for /sbin/SuSEfirewall2, which is the startup script, to set up the firewall. Except for a few scripts, all the files in /etc/sysconfig only contain variables that various start scripts need to set up the system. It is done this way because there is no "one size fits all", especially with firewalls.
The proper approach is to do as Verner suggested, write a script in /etc/init.d/ and link to it in the rc3.d and rc5.d directories. There is a sample start script in /etc/init.d/skeleton. If you follow the instructions in that, particularly those at the top pertaining to services which must be running before the firewall is started and should still be running when it is stopped, you can write a script that Yast's system services (runlevel) configuration module will recognize. Then you wouldn't have to create your own links, rather just write your script in /etc/init.d/, run Yast and go to the runlevel module (Yast/services --> System services (runlevel) ). In expert mode, find and highlight your service name (eg. MyFirewall), enable it (if the script file is written properly this will select the proper runlevels where it should start, and also create the proper links in the correct rcN.d directories), and start it. BTW, this is not SuSE-specific -- it is all part of the LSB. -- Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue. - François de La Rochefoucauld -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
