At 18:02 13.04.2004, Tom Eastep wrote:
Erich Titl wrote:
Does it have to be populated?
I think so if the /var/lib/lrpkg/shorwall.conf file points to it.
It could just use it if it exists (and makes sense).....
If Shorewall has a fallback set up which would be overridden by user configuration data then Shorewall would have a default configuration initially unless there is a user configuration file present. The shorewall.list would include the user configuration file but initially this file would be missing in the shorewall.lrp file. Loading a new release would thus not overwrite user configuration data. As soon as this configuration is saved then the newly created shorewall.lrp would contain the user configuration data valid at save time and therefore hold the complete configuration.
Is this feasible?
I think that Charles's suggestion about using two packages makes this a bit more friendly. The main problem that I see with that approach is that it doesn't allow any way for me to add a new config file in the future and have it reflected in the Shorewall configuration menu.
Well, I believe they are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
If we include let's say /etc/shorewalluser/* in /var/lib/lrpkg/shorewall.list and /etc/shorewalluser/shorewall.conf in the /var/lib/lrpkg/swconf.list then, if swconf.lrp _was_ installed, the user configuration would be saved to swconf.lrp, else it would be saved to shorewall.lrp. In any case you would not need to populate /etc/shorewalluser/shorewall.conf as the backup script would take care of user config data. This sounds complicated, but from a user's perspective would be almost invisible.
The main point I would like to see is a fallback configuration file which would be used if the user configuration is missing or produces a failure, so shorewall does not abort completely.
cheers Erich
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