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These files have the same syntax, which is also identical to the way you run CLI commands
manually. An example is shown below.
Figure 27 Configuration File / Shell Script: Example
# enter configuration mode
configure terminal
# change administrator password
username admin password 4321 user-type admin
# configure ge3
interface ge3
ip address 172.23.37.240 255.255.255.0
ip gateway 172.23.37.254 metric 1
exit
# create address objects for remote management / to-ZyWALL firewall rules
# use the address group in case we want to open up remote management later
address-object TW_SUBNET 172.23.37.0/24
object-group address TW_TEAM
address-object TW_SUBNET
exit
# enable Telnet access (not enabled by default, unlike other services)
ip telnet server
# open WAN-to-ZyWALL firewall for TW_TEAM for remote management
secure-policy insert 4
from WAN
to ZyWALL
sourceip TW_TEAM
service TELNET
action allow
exit
write
While configuration files and shell scripts have the same syntax, the ZyWALL / USG applies
configuration files differently than it runs shell scripts. This is explained below.
Table 209 Configuration Files and Shell Scripts in the ZyWALL / USG
Configuration Files (.conf)
• Resets to default configuration.
• Goes into CLI Configuration mode.
• Runs the commands in the configuration file.
You have to run the example in
run in Privilege mode. If you remove the first command, you have to run the example as a
configuration file because the rest of the commands are executed in Configuration mode. (See
Section 1.5 on page 27

53.2.1 Comments in Configuration Files or Shell Scripts

In a configuration file or shell script, use "#" or "!" as the first character of a command line to have
the ZyWALL / USG treat the line as a comment.
Your configuration files or shell scripts can use "exit" or a command line consisting of a single "!" to
have the ZyWALL / USG exit sub command mode.
Note: "exit" or "!'" must follow sub commands if it is to make the ZyWALL / USG exit sub
command mode.
340
Shell Scripts (.zysh)
•
•
Table 27 on page 340
for more information about CLI modes.)
Goes into CLI Privilege mode.
Runs the commands in the shell script.
as a shell script because the first command is
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