Unable to Replace Currently Running IPF Rules With IPF Command

[Parv]

in message <1126485205.806.27.camel at homey.my.domain>,
wrote Bob Perry thusly...
>
> I notice that when I attempt to replace the currently running
> ruleset, my system (FreeBSD 5.4 RELEASE) is unable to recognize
> the file name.  For instance, the command, "ipf -Fa -f
> /etc/ipf.rules" results in "26: unknown words at end: [/], ipf:
> /etc/ipf.rules: parse error (1), quitting."

There is no problem w/ the system not recoginizing the file per se,
as ipf(8) parses some of the rules before line 26.  The error seems
to be w/ the (rule on) line 26 of /etc/ipf.rules.  Care to show what
you have in there?


  - Parv

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