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      dlawley
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      Something must have been hanging around.  Had to remove, then reinstall.  Now have CIDR folder and have networks blocked.

      Thanks for the help, its better help than we get around here for paid support…

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        Supermule Banned
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        HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

        :)

        @dlawley:

        Something must have been hanging around.  Had to remove, then reinstall.  Now have CIDR folder and have networks blocked.

        Thanks for the help, its better help than we get around here for paid support…

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          tommyboy180
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          @dlawley:

          Something must have been hanging around.  Had to remove, then reinstall.  Now have CIDR folder and have networks blocked.

          Thanks for the help, its better help than we get around here for paid support…

          Well thank you for the compliment. I try to provide half decent support. Check out tomschaefer.org/pfsense
          I created it to try to help more people that needed a way to directly contact me.

          -Tom Schaefer
          SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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            XIII
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            um..the forum is free support, no paid support is offered "here" on the forum. If you want paid support see here:
            https://portal.pfsense.org/index.php/support-subscription

            The support here is really great, one of the top ones compared to other forums. tommyboy180 is excellent at providing support for his packages, he is really fast at getting back to you.

            -Chris Stutzman
            Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
            Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
            freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
            Check out the pfSense Wiki

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              tommyboy180
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              @XIII:

              um..the forum is free support, no paid support is offered "here" on the forum. If you want paid support see here:
              https://portal.pfsense.org/index.php/support-subscription

              The support here is really great, one of the top ones compared to other forums. tommyboy180 is excellent at providing support for his packages, he is really fast at getting back to you.

              Thank you. I appreciate the kind words. I'm sure many other package managers are just the same.

              -Tom Schaefer
              SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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                ghm
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                Hi,

                I use 1.2.3 embedded. Country Block apparently installed ok and I could commit countries + enable but sadly Country Block drops into disabled pretty often (stays on for maybe an hour or so).

                One thing I have seen: Under the "Whitelist" tab (where I have not added any IPs), there is this message:

                Warning: fopen(countries-white.txt): failed to open stream: Read-only file system in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/whitelist.php on line 134 Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/whitelist.php on line 135 Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/whitelist.php on line 140

                Any chance to get this going on embedded? I really like the package…

                Thanks1

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                  tommyboy180
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                  @ghm:

                  Hi,

                  I use 1.2.3 embedded. Country Block apparently installed ok and I could commit countries + enable but sadly Country Block drops into disabled pretty often (stays on for maybe an hour or so).

                  One thing I have seen: Under the "Whitelist" tab (where I have not added any IPs), there is this message:

                  Warning: fopen(countries-white.txt): failed to open stream: Read-only file system in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/whitelist.php on line 134 Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/whitelist.php on line 135 Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /usr/local/www/packages/countryblock/whitelist.php on line 140

                  Any chance to get this going on embedded? I really like the package…

                  Thanks1

                  That's strange. I added embedded support in version 1.5 a long time ago. What package version do you have?

                  -Tom Schaefer
                  SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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                    ghm
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                    @tommyboy180:

                    That's strange. I added embedded support in version 1.5 a long time ago. What package version do you have?

                    0.2.0 - I attach a list of my installed packages below. CB is my newest.

                    packages.png
                    packages.png_thumb

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                      dlawley
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                      @dlawley:

                      Something must have been hanging around.  Had to remove, then reinstall.  Now have CIDR folder and have networks blocked.

                      Thanks for the help, its better help than we get around here for paid support…

                      Sorry sorry for the misunderstanding…. I meant paid support here at our shop  ::)

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                        mst
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                        I am sorry for confusion …..

                        recently had this:

                        Current Status = Restarting
                        no IP address found for __csrf_magic
                        You are blocking 0 Networks

                        Pfsence 2.0 Beta 5 ......

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                          ghm
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                          @ghm:

                          @tommyboy180:

                          That's strange. I added embedded support in version 1.5 a long time ago. What package version do you have?

                          0.2.0 - I attach a list of my installed packages below. CB is my newest.

                          OK - and I can reproduce the following: My system gets a new dynamic WAN-IP every 12hrs (ISP requires that). That change renders CountyBlock not enabled and I have to re-enable manually.

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                            Supermule Banned
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                            You can add a cron job…..

                            I cant remember which file to add to the job, but Tom knows.....:)

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                              mst
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                              I have the same problem even after setting up the cron. Have to manually enable it and then it works. 2.0 beta 5 …...

                              I have fallowed this thread with cron guidance but it looks like it does not work .....

                              Please advice

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                                JackANSI
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                                When you check "Enable Logging?" in the settings page, where is it being logged to?

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                                  tommyboy180
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                                  @JackANSI:

                                  When you check "Enable Logging?" in the settings page, where is it being logged to?

                                  The firewall tab under system logs.

                                  -Tom Schaefer
                                  SuperMicro 1U 2X Intel pro/1000 Dual Core Intel 2.2 Ghz - 2 Gig RAM

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                                    XIII
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                                    @tommyboy180:

                                    Thank you. I appreciate the kind words. I'm sure many other package managers are just the same.

                                    I am only referring to my personal experience in contacting you. I know most if not all are very excellent.

                                    For the cron job the command is : /usr/local/etc/rc.d/countryblock.sh

                                    -Chris Stutzman
                                    Sys0:2.0.1: AMD Sempron 140 @2.7 1024M RAM 100GHD
                                    Sys1:2.0.1: Intel P4 @2.66 1024M RAM 40GHD
                                    freedns.afraid.org - Free DNS dynamic DNS subdomain and domain hosting.
                                    Check out the pfSense Wiki

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                                      ghm
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                                      @XIII:

                                      For the cron job the command is : /usr/local/etc/rc.d/countryblock.sh

                                      I have now installed the Cron package as well, reinstalled Country Block and added the above command (every */5 minutes). It does not restart Country Block properly.  I do see the following in Syslog every 5 minutes:

                                      root: Countryblock was found not running

                                      Is there a restart option that I need to add or is 5min to long - or else?

                                      Thanks!

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                                        Supermule Banned
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                                        Is it possible to build a cron job as a part of CB?? So it does this automatically??

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                                          Supermule Banned
                                          last edited by

                                          My cronjob is not working either…...it starts the package every minute.

                                          Not running is the current status and the Cron doesnt start it.

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                                            mst
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                                            After I go into the topic more deeply, I have found that Country Block is running. Problem was with crone ( */5 ) => (0) fixed the problem.

                                            Also:

                                            ![country block.JPG](/public/imported_attachments/1/country block.JPG)
                                            ![country block.JPG_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/country block.JPG_thumb)

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