Where to put firewall script to start at boot

[Algemon]

I have recently changed to Debian for a try.

In RedHat the whole structure of the directories in /etc/ was different but there was a file called /etc/rc.d/rc.local where I put a line like:
sh /etc/rc.d/myfirewall

Where should I put such a line in Debian? There is no such rc.local file to find. I don't really understand the order of calling of files at bootup so don't really know what I am looking for in terms of the best place to put such a call to run the firewall script.

Thanks for help.

[Craig McPherson]

You can do this however you want to. Debian is about choice and freedom and power.

Here's what I did:

1. I stuck my firewall script (actually, a connection script that calls my firewall script and does a number of other things) in /usr/local/sbin

2. I stuck a script called "local" in /etc/init.d. I have this local script, among other thing, call my connection/firewall script, and do any other "local" stuff I want to do during bootup.

3. I symlinked the "local" script from my /etc/rc2.d directory (since I boot into runlevel 2) like this:

ln -s /etc/init.d/local /etc/rc2.d/S95local

That makes it so my "local" script gets called near the end of bootup, and it in turn calls my firewall script.

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[This message has been edited by Craig McPherson (edited 14 January 2001).]

[Algemon]

That makes total sense - thanks Craig.

[nanode]

Maybe I'm a traditionalist, but I've always put mine: /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall