I would like to know how to get a IPTables configuration utility into the Portage tree? There is not much in the way of configuration assisting programs for IPTbles firewalling, I would like to submit this program for possible inclusion into the Portage tree. This program front end is Apache (Web server) Program runs under Perl (Therefore I would be sure its not platform dependant)
Hi, You need to submit an ebuild for this utility. You can also post a request for an ebuild, but we get a lot of requests and unfortunately we don't have the time to create ebuilds for every package we get asked for. To get started, read the developers documentation on www.gentoo.org. Looking at the man page for ebuild is also very helpful (man 5 ebuild). Also, install net-www/webapp-config, and take a look at the manual pages that come with that package. You can look at phpmyadmin, trac, or squirrelmail as examples of how to write ebuilds for web-based applications. Don't worry if you need some help. Attach your ebuild to this bug, and we'll definitely take a look at it for you and help you finish it. It can take a couple of days for us to post feedback, but we will do so as soon as we can. Hope that helps, Stu
1: Since the package is placing files in /etc , it's not possible to make a www-apps package out of it (or am I wrong Stuart?) 2: It package requires /sbin/iptables to be owned root:apache with suid-bit set, sounds like a security risk to me?
WONTFIX since they changed their license recently.
