On Sat, Dec 02, 2023 at 01:40:50AM -0700, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
> Ralph Ronnquist wrote:
> > Bob Proulx via Dng wrote:
> > > Joel Roth via Dng wrote:
> > > > But it doesn't start during system boot.
> > >
> > > > $ ls /etc/rc2.d | grep firewall
> > > > S02firewall
> > >
> > > I think S02 is too early. That would put it in parallel with eudev
> > > coming online on my system.
> >
> > Note that rsS.d/ scripts are run well before rc2.d/ so that change
> > would raise the firewall much earlier rather than later. Otoh that's a
> > good thing since the firewall should go up before or as soon as the
> > network is functional.
>
> Oh! I visually confused the "2" with the "S" here and _thought_ that
> it was rcS.d already. In rcS.d I thought that 02 would be too early.
> But you are right that rc2.d is much later.

> Sorry for adding that confusion.

You bring a lot of expertise, nonetheless!

btw, with update-rc.d, after removing supurious links and
correcting the LSB header I ended up with these links.

rc0.d/K01firewall
rc6.d/K01firewall
rcS.d/S12firewall

I will remember 0 S 2 3 4 5.

In the end, apprehensible to my cognition :-)

> Bob
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