On 9/13/2014 10:24 AM, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > Good day! > > I just wanted to check with the list that, in fact, there is no way to > have an IP address change during Shorewall's "run time". > > My "params" file currently contains something like this: > > DESKTOP=`dig +short desktop.mynetgear.com` > > (I know that Tom discourages using domain names in the Shorewall files. > But for the above to work, I must use NETGEAR's name. I can't use a > numeric address, because I don't know what it might be!) > > Here's what I found in the ML archives: > > * On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 08:11, niels at wxn.nl wrote: > > > But when the IP adress of this dynamic hostname updates to a > > new address it doesn't work anymore the only way to let it work > > with an updated hostname seems to be a "shorewall restart" > > > > Is there any solution to let shorewall update this without > > having to restart the firewall? > > > > No. See http://shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#dnsnames > > -Tom > > I followed the above link. At first I thought that maybe Shorewall > "address variables" might "do the trick", but I don't think so ... > > Again, I don't think I can do this with Shorewall based on my > "research". But before I give up, I thought I'd check with other > Shorewall users. >
"address variables" can help, but a restart is still required. Setting AUTOMAKE=Yes will result in a faster restart by eliminating the need for compilation. > As always, thanks to Tom for a great system! You're most welcome, Kenneth. -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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