Re: RC Service Order

> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Craig White <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> > wrote:
> >         On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 18:38 -0700, Eric Cope wrote:
> >         > I need openvpn, then samba, and finally pf (packet filter).
> >         Its
> >         > currently the reverse order.
> >         > I know where the conf file is, where is the script?

> >         ----
> >         I don't know enough about BSD but in general, you want the
> >         packet filter
> >         scripts to run early, even before network devices are up and
> >         running
> >         because if you have a system hang in between starting the
> >         network
> >         devices and the packet filtering, you have a very exposed
> >         system.

> >         I would suspect that the reason you are wanting to fiddle with
> >         what is
> >         probably an already well considered sequence is to try to get
> >         around a
> >         problem that should probably be solved elsewhere.

> >         It seems to me that having pf, samba and openvpn load in this
> >         order is
> >         the logical way. Whatever problems you are experiencing are
> >         probably
> >         best solved without tinkering with this.

> >         Craig