mess-mate wrote: > 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
Yes -- that is an error. Thanks, -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key
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