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Pfsense Firewall rules system file

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keamas
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Hi where in the system are the Firewall rules saved ?
Can I edit the PF firewall rules manuel with the vi editor ?
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jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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The rules are generated dynamically, but a temporary copy is stored in /tmp/rules.debug

You can edit this file, but it can and will be overwritten by the system, so it is not safe to make changes there.
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