[Fedora-livecd-list] request for comments in 04auth.sh: disabling firewall why?

J. Hartline jasperhartline at adelphia.net
Sun Mar 19 21:38:05 UTC 2006


J. Hartline wrote:

> Jane Dogalt wrote:
>
>> I understand the disabling of selinux in 04auth.sh, but why is the 
>> user's
>> firewall setting (presumably from both an interactive or kickstart 
>> install)
>> overridden?
>>
>> I think 04auth.sh especially needs some comments (around this line in
>> particular)
>>
>> chroot $1 /usr/sbin/lokkit --quiet --nostart -f --disabled
>>  
>>
> I'd agree.
> It should be considering this, and it doesn't.

I think here, we can check in the fake root for the existance of 
/etc/sysconfig/iptables.
If it exists, exit rather than explicitly disable out firewall.

J. Hartline




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