Re: rule isn''t permanent?

Robin Lynn Frank
2005-03-21T14:30:19Z

On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 10:16, Tom Eastep wrote:
> Robin Lynn Frank wrote:
>
> >
> > My question is why is the rule successful only until the shorewall box
> > is rebooted?
>
> When you re-boot, Shorewall is started with the "-f" (fast)
option. This
> means that if there is a restore file generated by a "shorewall
save"
> command (as given by the RESTOREFILE setting in shorewall.conf) then
> Shorewall is restored from that file using iptables-restore rather than
> by parsing all of the config files and running iptables 100s (or 1000s)
> of times.
>
> After you have done a "save", each time that you make a
configuration
> change that you want to be permanent, you must "shorewall save"
again.
>
> -Tom

Thanks, Tom, not only for providing the info to solve the problem, but
providing it in a way that explained the process very well.
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