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18-Dec-2003, 11:49 PM #1
Firewall Startup
I have made a firewall, according to some instructions i found on the internet, using iptables and natting which links my windows computer to the internet through a red hat linux 9.0 system. The file wall is called firewall.sh and resides in the sbin directory.

The problem is that when I restart the network/linux box the firewall doesnt start and to start it each time I have to go to the Sbin folder in Command/Terminal mode and type firewall.sh. The instructions I have say that this program should start automatically.

Any help I can get with this issue would be much appreciated as I have tried everything
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19-Dec-2003, 05:36 AM #2
You can put the command in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local and it should work okay.I would first go and look over the docs you got for any specific instructions for automatic startup.Do you have a link to these instructions you used?
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19-Dec-2003, 07:05 AM #3
Thankyou for your help. I tried that and it worked well
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19-Dec-2003, 05:07 PM #4
Your welcome.
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20-Dec-2003, 11:39 AM #5
linux sucks y wud u choose it
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20-Dec-2003, 03:54 PM #6
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Originally posted by crazyonskis:
linux sucks y wud u choose it
Phfff.Grow up and stop crapping on other people's threads.
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25-Dec-2003, 03:36 AM #7
In case you're interested in just a firewall:

http://www.smoothwall.org/
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