Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Tom Eastep wrote: >> The attached patch to /usr/share/shorewall/Shorewall/Providers.pm should >> prevent the startup failure. If the MAC of the remote gateway is not >> detectable, the provider does not come up. > > Does that means that it will never start or it will start after some > period?
It means that Shorewall itself will start but it will not add either of the providers. In my case not starting at all would cause that machine to be > without any routed network connection. I will test init delay in some 2 > hours and if it works, then I will just use that option. > I never patched anything yet, so I will try to patch it but I am note > sure I will test this on this unit before the thorough backup of current > working system. You must use the init delay, regardless of whether you apply the patch or not. >> Maintenance of the Webmin module is outside of the Shorewall project. > It would be a good way of promoting your excellent software. I was not > asking you to work on it your self, My thought was you might know > someone of your co-developers or helpers that is able to work on it a > little, or just contact Webmin developers and assist them (give them > pointers and tell them what to enhance) so that Shorewall module is > easier to work with. We've had various people take over maintenance of the module only to lose interest quickly. We don't have anyone with the talent to maintain the module and the interest in doing so :-( Requests from end-users to the Webmin maintainer are always more effective than those from other project maintainers; everyone would like to have up-to-date Webmin modules for their product. >> /etc/shorewall/init is intended for just this sort of thing. Adding >> commands to that file is not 'tainting the internals'. > > You are right, I was not looking at the location of the file, sorry. I > assumed without reading that it's rc.d init script. I guess holiday > atmosphere (Orthodox Easter) got me too relaxed. :-) -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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