Robert Kawecki ha scritto:
> Michele Petrazzo - Unipex:
>
> You should be able to mount tmpfs under /var/lib/shorewall: mount -t
> tmpfs tmpfs /var/lib/shorewall
>

So, inside /var/lib/shorewall, there is only volatile and not important
files?

> You get a writable in-memory filesystem. Well, it would be reasonable
> to mount whole /var from tmpfs, since it is *meant* to contain files
> variable with time! Write an initscript for that, just remember to
> move files around before and after.
>

Sure. I have already some tmpfs directory around var (dhcp3 for
example), but a "DIR_TEMP=/var/lib/shorewall" should be the best! :)

Thanks,
Michele

>> Hi list, I have some "firewall box" that have / mounted in
>> read-only. When I try to restart shorewall, it say that can't
>> create temporary directory in /var/lib/shorewall. Looking inside
>> configuration I don't find  a directive where I can specify an
>> alternative writable directory ( /tmp or /var/tmp ?) where
>> shorewall can do what it want. Is there a solution?
>>
>> Thanks, Michele
>>
>> My test:
>>
>> fw:~# shorewall version 4.4.10 fw:~# shorewall restart
>> Compiling... ERROR: Unable to create temporary file in directory
>> /var/lib/shorewall/
>>

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