>> Not true! I do exactly what the OP suggested - my shorewall.conf is in a 
>> completely different directory - the trick is to modify 
>> /etc/init.d/shorewall and start with "shorewall start $options 
>> $config_directory" where $config_directory is the directory where 
>> shorewall.conf resides. I also redirected the path within shorewall.conf 
>> to look elsewhere for the rest of the Shorewall files, so yes - it is 
>> possible.
>>     
>
> Try deleting /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf and see what happens.
>   
#rm /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf
#shorewall status
/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf does not exist!
#touch /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf
#shorewall status
Shorewall-4.4.13-Beta5 Status at dmz7.zieg.home-net - Fri Sep 17 
00:51:00 BST 2010
Shorewall is running
State:Started (Sun Sep 12 11:43:16 BST 2010) from /s_dmz7/shorewall/

Easy!


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