Hi, From:
http://shorewall.org/manpages/shorewall.html "Reload is similar to shorewall start except that it assumes that the firewall is already started. Existing connections are maintained." If I do 'shorewall stop' followed by 'shorewall reload' the firewall will be started: $ shorewall status Shorewall-5.1.12-RC1 Status ... Shorewall is running State:Started ... from /etc/shorewall/ (/var/lib/shorewall/firewall compiled ... by Shorewall version 5.1.12-RC1) $ shorewall stop Stopping Shorewall.... Preparing iptables-restore input... Running /sbin/iptables-restore... done. $ shorewall status Shorewall-5.1.12-RC1 Status ... Shorewall is stopped State:Stopped ... (/var/lib/shorewall/firewall compiled ... by Shorewall version 5.1.12-RC1) $ shorewall reload Shorewall is not running Starting Shorewall.... Initializing... Setting up Route Filtering... Setting up Martian Logging... Preparing iptables-restore input... Running /sbin/iptables-restore ... done. My understanding is that 'shorewall reload' should only reload shorewall when the state is 'started' or what Am I missing? In other words: why 'shorewall reload' starts the firewall when shorewall is stopped? -Matt -- Matt Darfeuille ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
