On 02/14/2013 10:02 AM, Fred Maillou wrote: > Hello, > > Is there any mechanism provided by Shorewall that would handle > MASQ interfaces that are not up when Shorewall starts ? The > documentation mentions - if I remember correctly - that the use > of interfaces for such purpose is obsolete(d). But there are > some situations in which an interface must be specified, such as > using dynamic ppp links and dhcp configured links. > > It could be that Shorewall by itself provides no handling of > such since it is not a daemon, but I'm asking before writing a > daemon that would restart Shorewall when the specified interface > comes up (using netlink), and would start Shorewall w/o that > interface in configuration and wait for it to be up. > > Thanks for any suggestions/comments ! >
Check out Shorewall-init with 'optional' specified on the dynamic interface(s). -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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