1.2.8 is now available for download from my site and from Sourceforge. If you have installed 1.2.7 then before trying to restart under 1.2.8: a) Look at your /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf file and note the directory=20 in the STATEDIR variable. If that variable is empty, assume /var/state/shorewall b) Remove the file ''lock'' in the directory determined in step a. You may now restart using 1.2.8. I apopogize for any inconvenience my carelessness may have caused. -Tom --=20 Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy AIM: tmeastep \ http://www.shorewall.net ICQ: #60745924 \ teastep@shorewall.net