FGADM(8)

NAME
fgadm - filtergen command program

SYNOPSIS
fgadm [ check | reload | save | stop ]

DESCRIPTION
fgadm is a simple command interface for managing filtergen(8) based packet filters.

USAGE
fgadm can be used to stop existing filters (thus turning them off), reload new packet filters, save currently running filters for longevity, and to check filter scripts for errors before reloading.

The following commands are accepted by fgadm:

check
    Check the filter script /etc/filtergen/rules.filter for errors. The generated filter will be printed on standard output, and errors printed to standard error.

reload
    Replace the current live packet filter with the one in /etc/filtergen/rules.filter. The script will be tested for errors before reloading.

save
    The current live packet filter will be saved in a distribution-friendly way. On Red Hat systems, this will save the iptables or ipchains firewall that is currently loaded into the kernel to load at boot with the iptables or ipchains initscript.

stop
    This command will flush the current live packet filter out and put it in a default accept mode, thus no firewalling will be in place. This is useful to abort firewalls in an emergency.

EXAMPLES

One may find the following sequence of commands useful for making firewall changes on live servers:

# at now + 2 min
warning: commands will be executed using (in order) a) $SHELL b) login shell c) /bin/sh
at> fgadm stop
at> ^D<EOT>
job 53 at 2004-06-07 17:25
# fgadm check
# fgadm reload
# atq
53
# atrm 53
# fgadm save

FILES

  /etc/filtergen/rules.filter

Packet filter descriptions are read from this file when fgadm is used.

  /etc/filtergen/fgadm.conf

This file alters the behaviour of filtergen as called from fgadm.

BUGS
fgadm save does not work on Debian systems with iptables due to a lack of common sense in the iptables package.

SEE ALSO
filtergen(8), filter_syntax(5), filter_backends(5)

AUTHOR
fgadm was written by Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@spacepants.org> for the filtergen package, to ease maintenance of filtergen-based firewalls.