Remote restriction activation

[darrepac]

Hi

I would like to activate some firewall resteiction rules I set through my home automation system (running on a raspberry pi and capable to run any script).
Is there a way to activate / deactivate a restriction rule from outside the router (through a script on the network for example)?

Thx

[Lantis]

Identify the quota/restriction you want to enable/disable in the /etc/config/firewall config file
Set it's "enabled" option to 0 or 1
Restart the firewall (/usr/lib/gargoyle/firewall_restart.sh)

[darrepac]

Sounds good, will give a try, thanks

[darrepac]

So I dit it through UCI command but I have an issue to make it happen.

I mean, I change the rule enabled option, then I commit (and I see it in the gargoyle web interface) and then I do

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/etc/init.d/firewall  restart 

but it doesn't apply the change.
I need to do

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/etc/init.d/network restart

to make it working. Sounds to me strange and seems to me like using a sledgehammer to kill a fly...
Is it normal that firewall restart is not enough?

[Lantis]

Please re read my first response.
There is a gargoyle specific firewall restart script which restarts all of the gargoyle dependencies.

Using the default restart scripts is not recommended.