500 - Internal server error on one interface's Firewall rules.

mrevil

So tonight I was doing a bit of experimenting with my personal PFSense box and I may have inadvertently made a defective firewall rule on a new interface. When I go to the Firewall rules page and click on the tab for my interface (and only that interface) I get a 500 - Internal Server error. As such I can't remove the defective rule and am having a pickle of a time getting rid of it without having to scrap my entire config.

Here's the relevant lines from my lighttpd.error.log

2013-02-24 00:38:11: (mod_fastcgi.c.2543) unexpected end-of-file (perhaps the fa stcgi process died): pid: 708 socket: unix:/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket-1
2013-02-24 00:38:11: (mod_fastcgi.c.3282) child exited, pid: 708 status: 0
2013-02-24 00:38:11: (mod_fastcgi.c.3329) response not received, request sent: 9 76 on socket: unix:/tmp/php-fastcgi.socket-1 for /firewall_rules.php?if=opt1, cl osing connection
2013-02-24 00:41:20: (log.c.166) server started

I probably made some bone-headed newbie mistake, but thankfully the only person put out by this is me. So forgive a guy for making a mistake on the path to understanding. Thanks for any help you guys can spare.

stephenw10

One option here would be to manually edit your config.xml file to remove the rule and then restore it. That is however open to error! ;)
I have a hard time believing that entering any rule, no matter how wrong, should cause an error like that.

Steve

mrevil

Thanks for the reply, I was really hoping it wouldn't come to that. I too believe that the error is just coincidental.

mrevil

Well, it looks like "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" Has succeeded after a 2nd reboot.