On 11/25/2015 9:12 PM, Teknoskillz wrote:
> Hello
>
> Brand new to this list, have used the Fw for a long time w no problems
> except now after I got a new server, accidently put in the Ver6 along with
> this one and it seemed to cause a conflict. I removed 6 as I dont have a
> need for IPV6 right now, and uninstalled shorewall, and reinstalled which
> helped a great deal, except there seems to be an issue where email is
> disappearing when the fw is running, effectng only incoming mail. Port scan
> confirms the rules are working ok and a shorewall check shows no troubles. I
> am using Ubuntu 14 as the OS with Webmin as the gui. The module it has for
> shorewall is very buggy, and right now it wont even find shorewall , so I am
> doing everything on the command prompt. The last thing I did was a purrge
> command, then another install, and the problem seemed fixed, but its back
> again.
>
> I do know when the webmin module was working and I was able to stop the fw
> using that interface, the emails came through ok, but when I went to restart
> the fw, webmin would hang up because I guess the installation was bad or it
> was configured to do that. As it is now when I do a shorewall stop command,
> all the traffic to the server is blocked. I was reading there is a file that
> is suppose to be configured to stop this from happening, but its not in the
> specified etc/shorewall directory. Do I need to create it?

When you are running Debian or a Debian derivative like Ubuntu, the 
/etc/shorewall directory is minimally populated. Each of the quickstart 
guides contain this warning:

Warning

Note to Debian and Ubuntu Users

If you install using the .deb, you will find that your /etc/shorewall 
directory is practially empty. This is intentional. The released 
configuration file skeletons may be found on your system in the 
directory /usr/share/doc/shorewall/default-config. Simply copy the files 
you need from that directory to /etc/shorewall and modify the copies.

>
> I also remember that I may have had to reinstall postfix a couple of times
> before any of this happened, but I believe if the postfix or other mail
> config was wrong, the mail problem would persist even when the fw is down.
> So I believe this is shorewall related...its been a frustrating issue for a
> while now sending out mail then never getting answers when replies never go
> through. There use to be email bounce messages, but not since the purge.
>
> As I write this now, a couple of test emails I sent came through but 9
> minutes later. I do have greylisting on, but they came in while I had
> executed a shorewall clear command...so I am not sure if everything is
> really ok now, or it was just a coicidence. Argh !
>
> Any assistance or feedback appreciated!

As always, it is best if you forward the output of 'shorewall dump' 
collected as described at http://www.shorewall.org/support.htm#guidelines.

Thanks,
-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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