On Wednesday 16 May 2007 02:52, Tom Eastep wrote:
> Steven Jan Springl wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 May 2007 02:44, Tom Eastep wrote:
> >> Steven Jan Springl wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 16 May 2007 02:24, Tom Eastep wrote:
> >>>> Steven Jan Springl wrote:
> >>>>> Tom
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Command:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>         shorewall check -e -C shell
> >>>>>
> >>>>> works.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Command:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>         shorewall check -e -C perl
> >>>>>
> >>>>> produces message:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>         ERROR: the -e flag requires a capabilities file
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There is a capabilities file in /etc/shorewall.
> >>>>
> >>>> Are you running as root or an ordinary user? And if running as an
> >>>> ordinary user, is /etc/shorewall/capabilities readable by the ordinary
> >>>> user?
> >>>>
> >>>> -Tom
> >>>
> >>> Tom
> >>>
> >>> I am running as root.
> >>
> >> Steven,
> >>
> >> I'll have to think about this. Exporting your /etc/shorewall
> >> configuration makes no sense at all but I want to consider the
> >> tradeoffs.
> >>
> >> -Tom
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > I have just tried:
> >
> >     shorewall check -e -C perl /etc/shorewall
> >
> > and that works.
>
> Yes. When you specify -e and don't specify CONFIG_PATH in
> /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf, the compiler sets CONFIG_PATH such that
> it doesn't include /etc/shorewall. By adding '/etc/shorewall' to the
> command line, you insert that directory at the front of CONFIG_PATH.
>
> -Tom

Tom

In shorewall.conf I have:
        
        CONFIG_PATH=/etc/shorewall:/usr/share/shorewall

Steven.

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