On 12/4/2013 8:09 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013, at 04:15 PM, Tom Eastep wrote:
>> The only time that I would use Shorewall extension scripts would be if
>> the init system didn't support the dependent application.
> 
> Ok, thanks.
> 
> When executing a local load/compile of a remote machine's firewall
> config for export, is the remote's Shorewall-lite instance
> reloaded/restarted by using "systemctl restart ...", or by directly
> invoking the shorewall script?

You can simply use the 'shorewall reload <remote system>' on the admin
system, or you must export then 'systemctl restart' on the remote firewall.

> 
> Can the remote executable be changed?  For example, to use
> /etc/systemd/system/my-shorewall-script.service, instead?

Instead of what?

> 
> Also, what's the right place to persistently change the remote's upload
> directory -- from /etc/shorewall to /some/other/path/shorewall?

Change the shorewallrc VARLIB or VARDIR setting on the remote system and
copy that file into the remote system's directory on the admin system.
Note that VARLIB/VARDIR changes the place where the compiled script runs
from.

-Tom
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