Tom Eastep wrote: > 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.
Note that you can do more sophisticated things than simply sleep; you can attempt to ping the remote gateway and if that fails, you can sleep and try again. These steps can be repeated if needed. -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 \________________________________________________
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p
_______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
