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Enable port forwarding using this simple python script.
#/usr/bin/python
# if yes or no doesn't work try using quotes
# example 'yes' or 'no'
import os
import sys
print('\n'*2)
print('If yes and no throws an error try using quotes.')
print('Example "Yes" or "no" or "Yeah"')
print('\n'*2)
while True:
try:
fo = open('/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward','r')
print('*******************************************************************')
print('Current value inside the file is: ')
print(fo.read())
print('Enable or Disable port Forwarding.')
x1 = input('To continue type Y and to end press N.''\n')
y = str(x1)
x = y.lower()
if x[0] == 'y' and (x == 'yes' or x == 'yup' or x == 'yeah' or x == 'ya' or x =='yo' or x == 'y') and len(x)<=4:
fo1 = open('/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward','w')
print('\n'*1)
print('Please enter either 0 or 1\n\n0 = port forwarding disabled\n1 = port forwarding enabled')
print('\n'*1)
n = int(input('Please enter the value''\n'))
if n == 0:
fo1.write('0')
fo1.close()
print('\n'*1)
print('Port forwarding is disabled.')
print('*******************************************************************')
break
elif n == 1:
fo1.write('1')
fo1.close()
print('\n'*1)
print('Port forwarding is enabled.')
print('*******************************************************************')
break
else:
print('\n'*1)
print('Wrong value, Try again')
print('Only 0 and 1 is accepted')
print('\n'*1)
print('Resetting Program')
elif x[0] == 'n' and len(x)<=5 and (x == 'no' or x == 'nope' or x == 'nahh' or x == 'nopes' or x == 'n'):
print('\n'*1)
print('Quitting.........')
print('*******************************************************************')
break
else:
print('\n'*1)
print('Please either type yes or no')
print('Resetting Program')
except Exception as e: #Exception Block
print('You encountered an error: ',str(e))
print('Resetting Program')
print('Please Try again')
print('\n'*1)
print('*******************************************************************')
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