[SOLVED]Shorewall won't start on boot

alexkarro · 2012-01-02 23:33:08

Dear Forums users,

I've recently installed Arch along with Shorewall but I can't seem to get it to start on boot. According to the docs, shorewall isn't a daemon and should start itself after the first execution. Yet I can't seem to bring it up automatically. Anybody who can assist?

Regards,
Alex

Solution:

put the startup command in /etc/rc.local

Last edited by alexkarro (2012-01-03 17:15:10)

dmillard · 2012-01-02 23:45:50

Adding the executable line to /etc/rc.local should do the trick.

alexkarro · 2012-01-03 00:08:23

dmillard wrote:

Adding the executable line to /etc/rc.local should do the trick.

Thank you, that worked. Is it normal for it compile everytime it starts?

dmillard · 2012-01-03 02:14:57

Compile from source? Most likely not. What line did you add to /etc/rc.local?

alexkarro · 2012-01-03 14:44:35

dmillard wrote:

Compile from source? Most likely not. What line did you add to /etc/rc.local?

Not source (sorry I'm not very familiar with the proper terms). Most daemons that boot up usually just have 1 line appear (STARTING DAEMON X ) during boot while Shorewall pretty much has a huge list of stuff like reading /etc/shorewall/rules etc.

The startup line I use is

shorewall start

and the output is:

Compiling...
Processing /etc/shorewall/params ...
Processing /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf...
Loading Modules...
Compiling /etc/shorewall/zones...
Compiling /etc/shorewall/interfaces...
Determining Hosts in Zones...
Locating Action Files...
Compiling /usr/share/shorewall/action.Drop for chain Drop...
Compiling /usr/share/shorewall/action.Broadcast for chain Broadcast...
Compiling /usr/share/shorewall/action.Invalid for chain Invalid...
Compiling /usr/share/shorewall/action.NotSyn for chain NotSyn...
Compiling /usr/share/shorewall/action.Reject for chain Reject...
Compiling /etc/shorewall/policy...
Compiling /etc/shorewall/notrack...
Running /etc/shorewall/initdone...
Adding rules for DHCP
Compiling Kernel Route Filtering...
Compiling Martian Logging...
Compiling MAC Filtration -- Phase 1...
Compiling /etc/shorewall/rules...
Compiling MAC Filtration -- Phase 2...
Applying Policies...
Generating Rule Matrix...
Creating iptables-restore input...
Shorewall configuration compiled to /var/lib/shorewall/.start
Starting Shorewall....
Initializing...
Processing /etc/shorewall/init ...
Processing /etc/shorewall/tcclear ...
Setting up Route Filtering...
Setting up Martian Logging...
Setting up Proxy ARP...
Setting up Traffic Control...
Preparing iptables-restore input...
Running /usr/sbin/iptables-restore...
IPv4 Forwarding Enabled
Processing /etc/shorewall/start ...
Processing /etc/shorewall/started ...
done.

Might as well mark this as solved.

Last edited by alexkarro (2012-01-03 17:14:07)

dmillard · 2012-01-03 19:27:54

Yeah, it seems like shorewall is parsing configuration files or doing some sort of regular run-time compilation. You may be able to silence these messages by searching for a 'quiet' option in 'man shorewall' or 'shorewall --help'.

alexkarro · 2012-01-04 02:21:10

dmillard wrote:

Yeah, it seems like shorewall is parsing configuration files or doing some sort of regular run-time compilation. You may be able to silence these messages by searching for a 'quiet' option in 'man shorewall' or 'shorewall --help'.

Sadly there doesn't seem to be a quiet option. The output isn't annoying or anything I was just wondering if that was regular behaviour for it.

EDIT:

Apparently there is an init script within Archlinux for shorewall. Simply add shorewall to the daemons array in /etc/rc.conf. This way you will have a clean boot screen and it will start just as normal

Last edited by alexkarro (2012-01-07 20:01:53)

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#1 2012-01-02 23:33:08

[SOLVED]Shorewall won't start on boot

#2 2012-01-02 23:45:50

Re: [SOLVED]Shorewall won't start on boot

#3 2012-01-03 00:08:23

Re: [SOLVED]Shorewall won't start on boot

#4 2012-01-03 02:14:57

Re: [SOLVED]Shorewall won't start on boot

#5 2012-01-03 14:44:35

Re: [SOLVED]Shorewall won't start on boot

#6 2012-01-03 19:27:54

Re: [SOLVED]Shorewall won't start on boot

#7 2012-01-04 02:21:10

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