Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| mess-mate wrote:
| > sometimes 'fw' is used and sometime'$FW'..
| > so why and what is the difference ?
| >
| > #ZONE TYPE OPTION
| > $FW firewall
| >
| > or
| >
| > fw firewall
|
| This is covered in the "Introduction to Shorewall"
| (http://www.shorewall.net/Introduction.html) which apparently few people
| read since this question comes up regularly.
|
| $FW is the shell variable that holds the name of the firewall zone as given
| in /etc/shorewall/zones. So the first entry above is not valid; the second
| is. Once you have the second entry, then anywhere else in the configuration,
| you can use $FW in place of fw.
|
So is this a mistake :
http://www.shorewall.net/Documentation.htm#Zones
The CONTINUE policy
...
/etc/shorewall/zones:
#ZONE TYPE OPTION
$FW firewall
mess-mate
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