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Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start

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On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 02:26:19PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Since the big conversion of file structs vs who owns what,

The what?  I can't even parse that.

> which 
> apparently includes running rc.local as the logged in user and not as 
> root,

Now that is pure nonsense.  You're just inventing incorrect explanations
for whatever behavior you're seeing that you don't understand.

If an /etc/rc.local file exists and has the execute bit turned on, it
is executed AS ROOT at BOOT TIME, before there is any "logged in user".

> that has hidden the iptables stuff from everybody but root since 
> its not now in the users $PATH.

Now I believe you're talking about the change to "su" in buster.

https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster#Changes

Of course, you might be talking about something else entirely, but
your message is so unclear that I can't tell what you mean.

If you mean "the iptables command is /sbin/iptables which is not in
my PATH by default as a user", well, like... duh?  Hasn't that always
been the case?  iptables is a system administration command, which
most end users will never need.  If you want to run it as an end user,
just make sure /sbin (and probably /usr/sbin) is in your PATH.  Not
that you can do much with it as an end user.  Or explicitly type
/sbin/iptables to run it.

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stretch vs iptables auto-start Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-23 20:30 +0200
  Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-08-23 21:50 +0200
    Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-24 03:40 +0200
      Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2020-08-24 10:30 +0200
      Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-08-24 10:50 +0200
        Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-24 11:30 +0200
  Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-08-23 22:20 +0200
    Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-24 03:50 +0200
      Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-08-24 22:20 +0200
        Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-08-24 23:10 +0200
          Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2020-08-25 01:10 +0200
  Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-08-24 09:50 +0200
  Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-08-24 14:30 +0200

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