From 3db98c7a2de21147753f2c28da9c39a6a9b84629 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jamie Cameron <jcameron@webmin.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:45:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix editing of rules in direct mode
 https://www.virtualmin.com/node/69443

---
 firewall/firewall-lib.pl | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/firewall/firewall-lib.pl b/firewall/firewall-lib.pl
index 99efadfc2..9bafbdbc5 100755
--- a/firewall/firewall-lib.pl
+++ b/firewall/firewall-lib.pl
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ local $lnum = 0;
 local $direct = "ip${ipvx}tables-save 2>/dev/null |";
 if (!$file) {
 	# Use default file
-	$file = $config{"direct${ipvx}"} ? $direct : $ipvx_save;
+	$file = $config{"direct${ipvx}"} ? $direct : "<".$ipvx_save;
 	}
 elsif ($file eq "direct") {
 	# Read active rules
 	$file = $direct;
 	}
-open(FILE, "<".$file);
+open(FILE, $file);
 local $cmt;
 LINE:
 while(<FILE>) {