-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2006-01-20 at 16:49 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Al Active [01-20-06 06:39]:

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how can I reload a changed /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 configuration on a live system, without shutting down anything? It must just update the configuration changes while still working fully on a live system. I just added ports that must be opened.

/sbin/rcSuSEfirewall2 reload

I think "SuSEfirewall2" with no parameters does a reload - no, my mistake, it does a "start". I'm unsure of the diference between both programs :-? - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFD0WrotTMYHG2NR9URAkTZAJ0eIxrVLf/Ss6yyxd3r9RqOrV1ZXgCfVXvJ HrklvBQwaG8bJz47IwGQRN8= =5st+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Friday 2006-01-20 at 18:03 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Carlos E. R. [01-20-06 17:59]:

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I think "SuSEfirewall2" with no parameters does a reload - no, my mistake, it does a "start". I'm unsure of the diference between both programs :-?

wahoo:~ # ls -la `locate SuSEfirewall2|grep bin` -rwxr----- 1 root root 79612 Oct 27 2003 /sbin/SuSEfirewall2* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 7 2003 /sbin/rcSuSEfirewall2 -> /etc/init.d/SuSEfirewall2_setup*

I see yours is bigger! They must have streamlined them: - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 51042 Apr 4 2005 /sbin/SuSEfirewall2* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Oct 7 03:15 /sbin/rcSuSEfirewall2 -> /etc/init.d/SuSEfirewall2_setup* - -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1696 Mar 19 2005 /etc/init.d/SuSEfirewall2_setup* Yes, both of them are scripts, and with different syntax. Ah... I see the difference, SuSEfirewall2_setup calls "/sbin/SuSEfirewall2": SUSEFWALL="/sbin/SuSEfirewall2" start) echo -n "Starting Firewall Initialization " echo -n '(phase 2 of 2) ' rm -f "$BOOTLOCKFILE" $SUSEFWALL -q start rc_status -v ;; restart|force-reload) $0 start rc_status -v ;; So, a reload does the same as a start; and start calls "/sbin/SuSEfirewall2 -q start". Conclusion: to reload the firewall, the shortest command is "SuSEfirewall2" alone :-) - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFD0XYCtTMYHG2NR9URAu/iAKCMc+YZb8yzkZqveK9as/5ZPuSbIgCbBqGX 4Natx/EJRfPn7Qo8EugqRyI= =BWh8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----