On 9/16/10 5:12 PM, Mr Dash Four wrote:
> 
>> #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!
>>
> OK, slight correction as "shorewall restart/reload" etc fails miserably 
> with "startup is disabled" error message. The solution: "echo 
> STARTUP_ENABLED=Yes > /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf" should do the trick.

Which only confirms what I wrote -- any system that runs Shorewall must
have /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf; but you are correct that it can be a
minimal file.

-Tom
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