[Voyage-linux] Shorewall Read Only /var/lib/shorewall/ problem

[Wayne Lee]

Chris

 

I also noticed when using shorewall it did slow down the throughput of
the data.

 

I can get double the amount without shorewall, the test was done on a
old version of shorewall and voyage and I have not retested recently.

 

 

 

 

 

From: voyage-linux-bounces+wayne.lee=link-connect.com at list.voyage.hk
[mailto:voyage-linux-bounces+wayne.lee=link-connect.com at list.voyage.hk]
On Behalf Of Chris Morley
Sent: 12 March 2008 12:50
To: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
Subject: [Voyage-linux] Shorewall Read Only /var/lib/shorewall/ problem

 

Hi,
 
I am trying to get shorewall running and whilst it installs from apt-get
fine, i am having issues with the Read only file system. Shorewall seems
to write the compiled scripts into /var/lib/shorewall. When i run
remountrw there is no problem, however with remountro hitting 'shorewall
start' in the shell gives a whole raft of errors:

Compiling...
/usr/share/shorewall/functions: line 1704:
/var/lib/shorewall/.modulesdir: Read-only file system
cp: cannot remove `/var/lib/shorewall/.modules': Read-only file system

[..snip..]

/var/lib/shorewall/.start: line 1046: /var/lib/shorewall/chains:
Read-only file system
/var/lib/shorewall/.start: line 1048: /var/lib/shorewall/nat: Read-only
file system
/var/lib/shorewall/.start: line 1050: /var/lib/shorewall/proxyarp:
Read-only file system
/var/lib/shorewall/.start: line 1052: /var/lib/shorewall/zones:
Read-only file system
/var/lib/shorewall/.start: line 1065: /var/lib/shorewall/restarted:
Read-only file system
Processing /etc/shorewall/start ...
/usr/share/shorewall/functions: line 2368: /var/lib/shorewall/state:
Read-only file system
Processing /etc/shorewall/started ...
cp: cannot remove `/var/lib/shorewall/.restore': Read-only file system
done.
 
Is there any way that this /var/lib/shorewall/ directory can be made rw?
Or perhaps even plain old ramdisk is ok, but consist of a default set of
files upon boot? Would appreciate insights if the two options above are
possible.
 
The other option is for me to change the init.d/shorewall scripts to
remountrw and remountro around the start and stop parts, but i would
prefer the solution above and it would also help me learn about voyage
linux which rocks :)
 
Many thanks in advance,
 
Chris

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