Re: [gentoo-user] modifying iptables: how can I prevent locking me out?

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:59:16 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe a cron job that no matter what reloads the old rules 1 hour later?
>>
>> Wouldn't at make more sense? You don't want the thing to keep reloading
>> your old config, at will do it once, and you can remove the task from the
>> at queue once you successfully log back in.
>>
>> echo "command to reload old rules" | at now + 1 hour
>>
>>
>> --
>> Neil Bothwick
>
> As a one-off test absolutely.
>

Actually, upon 15 seconds of reflection, what happens if he's locked
out and there's a power failure before the at command executes? When
rebooted I think it won't be there anymore, will it?

- Mark