[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] RE: [FW1] Recovering empty rulebase from policy file
The policy file is probably no help. However, a copy of the working files is saved on the firewall as part of the policy install. You MIGHT be able to get an adequate copy of the pre-upgrade objects from $FWDIR/database/objects.C. See http://www.phoneboy.com/fw1/faq/0149.html for more about fw confmerge Tim -- Timothy Frost mailto:[email protected] EDS New Zealand Fax: +64-4-495-0473 8 Gilmer Terrace Phone: +64-4-495-0504 P O Box 3647 Wellington New Zealand > -----Original Message----- > From: Hero Idema [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 4:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FW1] Recovering empty rulebase from policy file > > > Hello, > > recently I upgraded my firewall (FW-1 4.0 on Solaris 2.6) to SP7. The only > problem is that I lost my objects.C during the process. My rulebase is > empty. I have the rulebase.W file but when using fwm -g rulebase.W it > cannot find my objects. > It seems that it didn't merge the objects.C file but just overwrote it. > And (yes blame me for being stupid) I didn't have a backup of the > Objects.C file so I can't merge it by hand. > > I do however have a working policy file (.pf) which the filewall is using > now. Is it possible to regenerate a rule base (or a least and objects.C > file) with the policy file? > > The most frustrating is that I can see and open the current policy the > firewall is using now by clicking on the 'show policy' button in the GUI > at file->open. But I cannot modify it or save it. > > Any ideas? > > Regards, > Hero Idema > [email protected] > > > > ========================================================================== > ====== > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at > http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html > ========================================================================== > ====== ================================================================================ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================================================
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