I am wondering that when I amend a file in shorewall, such as the ''rules'' file, do I have to run ''shorewall stop'' and than do a restart or is ''shorewall reset'' really good enough. --- Intuition, however illogical, is recognized as a command prerogative. -- Kirk, "Obsession", stardate 3620.7 Ted Gervais Coldbrook Nova Scotia Canada B4R1A7
On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 12:04, Ted Gervais wrote:> I am wondering that when I amend a file in shorewall, such as the ''rules'' > file, do I have to run ''shorewall stop'' and than do a restart or is > ''shorewall reset'' really good enough. > >shorewall reset is fine. It clears the rules and rebuilds them (an over-simplification to be sure).
On Monday 15 December 2003 09:42 am, David T Hollis wrote:> On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 12:04, Ted Gervais wrote: > > I am wondering that when I amend a file in shorewall, such as the ''rules'' > > file, do I have to run ''shorewall stop'' and than do a restart or is > > ''shorewall reset'' really good enough. > > shorewall reset is fine. It clears the rules and rebuilds them (an > over-simplification to be sure)."shorewall *restart*" does that -- "shorewall *reset*" simply resets all packet/byte counters. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net
On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 12:46, Tom Eastep wrote:> > > > shorewall reset is fine. It clears the rules and rebuilds them (an > > over-simplification to be sure). > > "shorewall *restart*" does that -- "shorewall *reset*" simply resets all > packet/byte counters. > > -TomOops, you got me there. I was thinking restart.