Clayton Stapleton wrote: > > When trying to implement the IP-Masq stronger firewall-2.4 I have the > following problem: > > loran:/home/clay # /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall-2.4 > bash: /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall-2.4: bad interpreter: Permission denied > > I copied this directly from the IP-Masq HOWTO. The only changes I > made was to accommodate my modem and eth0 NIC. > > Why do I get a "bad interpreter"? > > TIA > Clayton Stapleton > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss Look at the first line. It should say #!/bin/bash If it says #!/bin/sh - make sure there is a symlink from sh -> bash If it is missing the #, you can get this error. If there are ^M at the end of the line, you will get this error. George -- Irrefutable fact about projects: You can have it Quick, Cheap, or Right - pick any two. What does that tell you if your project is ahead of schedule and under budget?