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 :)
>
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