Thanks for the info. I'm happy to take updates/thoughts via github and I can include better feedback for this problem in the output for the next release. I won't be able to test all the combinations of platforms and distros that shorewall runs on currently without more help, so I appreciate any assistance.
Dave On Thu, 5 Nov 2026 at 13:15, William Kenworthy <[email protected]> wrote: > OK, shorewall -nft is now working fine on arm32 so far: the problem was > missing settings in the kernel. The hosts I am using are around 10yrs > (2016 or so) with kernels continually being upgraded using "make > oldconfig" - the end result is almost random holes in the configuration > including some nft settings. Of course, old shorewall does not use them > so was fine :( > > So check that if you compile your own custom kernels (gentoo ...) > > Thanks for the suggestions various people made - it helped. > > BillK > > > On 3/11/26 09:50, William Kenworthy wrote: > > Yep, did that which is why its installed - but it wont run and the > > error message is too vague to point to a direct cause. I am missing > > some kernel settings so its rebuilding at the moment which is the > > probable cause - however my questions stand as until I get it working > > :) there is nothing online about shorewall-nft and arm32 online that I > > can find - only arm64. So I am hoping someone is running it on arm32 > > and its not a lost cause :) > > > _______________________________________________ > Shorewall-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users >
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