few scripting questions

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mi, den 13.04.2005 schrieb rado um 18:55:

> 1. when syncing mail from one machine to another, right now I shut down
> sendmail copy the mail over then service sendmail start. Wondering if I
> just couldn't shut down port 25? If so how to shut down and open ports
> in a script?

close: /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j REJECT
--reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
open: /sbin/iptables -D INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -j REJECT
--reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

> 2. Is there anyway to log out/logon users in a script?

Which users? You could kill the shells of logged in users.

> John Rose

Alexander


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