On 03/24/2013 07:48 AM, Tom Eastep wrote:
> On 03/23/2013 05:54 PM, Mr Dash Four wrote:
>>
>>>> Another suggestion: for all table IDs shorewall uses provider numbers. 
>>>> Can you change that to provider names instead?
>>>>     
>>>
>>> That would break if KEEP_RT_TABLES=Yes were set.
>>>   
>> Could you adopt a more flexible approach then and use names when 
>> KEEP_RT_TABLES=No and define numbers when that option is Yes?
>>
> 
> I'm not too keen on that idea. Using numbers is foolproof; it doesn't
> rely on /etc/iproute2/rt_tables at all. Plus, to avoid having to
> recover the original /etc/iproute2/rt_tables file in the event of
> a startup failure, the generated script writes that file *after* it has
> started all providers.

Hmmm -- I just noticed that the original file is *never* restored
anyway. So I can implement your suggestion rather easily.

-Tom
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