Hi i am trying to open up the firewall to allow ftp for a particular server... if not all servers/pc's.
currently i am typing in the ipfwadm commands on the command line but i am unsure whether it becomes active straight away... should i put the test rules in the ipfw file that is loaded via booting or will typing them in via command line work straightaway? Below is what i am trying out but it is not working. We use masquerading and the ip address i am putting as variable $MYSERVER is the real ip address. Perhaps i need to use the command $IPFWMSQ instead of $IPFWACC. Is there a way to log what is happening... it is hard to know what the hell is going on when you type in anther rule and it does nothing :) IPFWACC="/sbin/ipfwadm -F -b -a accept" IPFWMSQ="/sbin/ipfwadm -F -b -a masquerade" ANYHOST="0.0.0.0/0" ANYPORT="0:65535" USERPORT="1024:65535" $IPFWACC -P tcp -S $MYSERVER ftp ftp-data -D $ANYHOST $ANYPORT $IPFWACC -P tcp -S $MYSERVER $USERPORT -D $ANYHOST ftp ftp-data Thanx Zane