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SHOREWALL(8)			[FIXME: manual]			  SHOREWALL(8)

NAME
       shorewall - Administration tool for Shoreline Firewall (Shorewall)

SYNOPSIS
       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] add {
		 interface[:host-list]... zone | zone host-list }

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] allow address

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [check | ck ]	 [-e] [-d] [-p] [-r]
		 [-T] [directory]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] clear [-f]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [compile | co ]  [-e] [-c] [-d] [-p]
		 [-T] [directory] [pathname]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] delete {
		 interface[:host-list]... zone | zone host-list }

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] disable
		 { interface | provider }

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] drop address

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] dump [-x] [-l] [-m]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] enable
		 { interface | provider }

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] export [directory1]
		 [user@]system[:directory2]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] forget [filename]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] help

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] hits [-t]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] ipcalc {address mask | address/vlsm}

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] iprange address1-address2

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] iptrace iptables match expression

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] load [-s] [-c] [-r root-user-name]
		 [-T] [directory] system

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] logdrop address

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] logwatch [-m] [refresh-interval]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] logreject address

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] noiptrace iptables match expression

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options]
		 refresh [-n] [-d] [-T] [-D directory ] [chain...]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] reject address

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] reload [-s] [-c] [-r root-user-name]
		 [-T] [directory] system

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] reset

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] restart [-n] [-p [-d]] [-f]
		 [-c] [-T] [directory]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] restore [filename]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] safe-restart [-d] [-p]
		 [-t timeout] [directory]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] safe-start [-d] [-p] [-t timeout]
		 [directory]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] save [filename]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [show | list | ls ] [-b] [-x] [-l]
		 [-t {filter|mangle|nat|raw|rawpost}] [[chain] chain...]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [show | list | ls ] [-f]
		 capabilities

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [show | list | ls ]
		 {actions|classifiers|connections|config|events|filters|ip|ipa|macros|zones|policies|marks}

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [show | list | ls ] event event

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [show | list | ls ] macro macro

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [show | list | ls ] [-x]
		 {mangle|nat|routing|raw|rawpost}

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [show | list | ls ] tc

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] [show | list | ls ] [-m] log

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] start [-n] [-f] [-p] [-c]
		 [-T] [directory]

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] stop [-f]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] status

       shorewall [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] try directory [timeout]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] update [-b] [-d] [-r] [-T] [-a] [-D]
		 [directory]

       shorewall [trace|debug] [-options] version [-a]

DESCRIPTION
       The shorewall utility is used to control the Shoreline Firewall
       (Shorewall).

OPTIONS
       The trace and debug options are used for debugging. See
       http://www.shorewall.net/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm#Trace.

       The nolock option prevents the command from attempting to acquire the
       Shorewall lockfile. It is useful if you need to include shorewall
       commands in /etc/shorewall/started.

       The options control the amount of output that the command produces.
       They consist of a sequence of the letters v and q. If the options are
       omitted, the amount of output is determined by the setting of the
       VERBOSITY parameter in shorewall.conf[1](5). Each v adds one to the
       effective verbosity and each q subtracts one from the effective
       VERBOSITY. Alternatively, v may be followed immediately with one of
       -1,0,1,2 to specify a specify VERBOSITY. There may be no white-space
       between v and the VERBOSITY.

       The options may also include the letter t which causes all progress
       messages to be timestamped.

COMMANDS
       The available commands are listed below.

       add
	   Adds a list of hosts or subnets to a dynamic zone usually used with
	   VPN's.

	   The interface argument names an interface defined in the
	   shorewall-interfaces[2](5) file. A host-list is comma-separated
	   list whose elements are host or network addresses..if n .sp
	       Caution
	       The add command is not very robust. If there are errors in the
	       host-list, you may see a large number of error messages yet a
	       subsequent shorewall show zones command will indicate that all
	       hosts were added. If this happens, replace add by delete and
	       run the same command again. Then enter the correct command.

	   Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.9, the dynamic_shared zone option
	   (shorewall-zones[3](5)) allows a single ipset to handle entries for
	   multiple interfaces. When that option is specified for a zone, the
	   add command has the alternative syntax in which the zone name
	   precedes the host-list.

       allow
	   Re-enables receipt of packets from hosts previously blacklisted by
	   a drop, logdrop, reject, or logreject command.

       check
	   Compiles the configuration in the specified directory and discards
	   the compiled output script. If no directory is given, then
	   /etc/shorewall is assumed.

	   The -e option causes the compiler to look for a file named
	   capabilities. This file is produced using the command
	   shorewall-lite show -f capabilities > capabilities on a system with
	   Shorewall Lite installed.

	   The -d option causes the compiler to be run under control of the
	   Perl debugger.

	   The -p option causes the compiler to be profiled via the Perl
	   -wd:DProf command-line option.

	   The -r option was added in Shorewall 4.5.2 and causes the compiler
	   to print the generated ruleset to standard out.

	   The -T option was added in Shorewall 4.4.20 and causes a Perl stack
	   trace to be included with each compiler-generated error and warning
	   message.

       clear
	   Clear will remove all rules and chains installed by Shorewall. The
	   firewall is then wide open and unprotected. Existing connections
	   are untouched. Clear is often used to see if the firewall is
	   causing connection problems.

	   If -f is given, the command will be processed by the compiled
	   script that executed the last successful start, restart or refresh
	   command if that script exists.

       compile
	   Compiles the current configuration into the executable file
	   pathname. If a directory is supplied, Shorewall will look in that
	   directory first for configuration files. If the pathname is
	   omitted, the file firewall in the VARDIR (normally
	   /var/lib/shorewall/) is assumed. A pathname of '-' causes the
	   compiler to send the generated script to it's standard output file.
	   Note that '-v-1' is usually specified in this case (e.g., shorewall
	   -v-1 compile -- -) to suppress the 'Compiling...' message normally
	   generated by /sbin/shorewall.

	   When -e is specified, the compilation is being performed on a
	   system other than where the compiled script will run. This option
	   disables certain configuration options that require the script to
	   be compiled where it is to be run. The use of -e requires the
	   presence of a configuration file named capabilities which may be
	   produced using the command shorewall-lite show -f capabilities >
	   capabilities on a system with Shorewall Lite installed

	   The -c option was added in Shorewall 4.5.17 and causes conditional
	   compilation of a script. The script specified by pathname (or
	   implied if pathname is omitted) is compiled if it doesn't exist or
	   if there is any file in the directory or in a directory on the
	   CONFIG_PATH that has a modification time later than the file to be
	   compiled. When no compilation is needed, a message is issued and an
	   exit status of zero is returned.

	   The -d option causes the compiler to be run under control of the
	   Perl debugger.

	   The -p option causes the compiler to be profiled via the Perl
	   -wd:DProf command-line option.

	   The -T option was added in Shorewall 4.4.20 and causes a Perl stack
	   trace to be included with each compiler-generated error and warning
	   message.

       delete
	   The delete command reverses the effect of an earlier add command.

	   The interface argument names an interface defined in the
	   shorewall-interfaces[2](5) file. A host-list is comma-separated
	   list whose elements are a host or network address.

	   Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.9, the dynamic_shared zone option
	   (shorewall-zones[3](5)) allows a single ipset to handle entries for
	   multiple interfaces. When that option is specified for a zone, the
	   delete command has the alternative syntax in which the zone name
	   precedes the host-list.

       disable
	   Added in Shorewall 4.4.26. Disables the optional provider
	   associated with the specified interface or provider. Where more
	   than one provider share a single network interface, a provider name
	   must be given.

	   Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.10, this command may be used with any
	   optional network interface.	interface may be either the logical or
	   physical name of the interface. The command removes any routes
	   added from shorewall-routes[4](5) and any traffic shaping
	   configuration for the interface.

       drop
	   Causes traffic from the listed addresses to be silently dropped.

       dump
	   Produces a verbose report about the firewall configuration for the
	   purpose of problem analysis.

	   The -x option causes actual packet and byte counts to be displayed.
	   Without that option, these counts are abbreviated. The -m option
	   causes any MAC addresses included in Shorewall log messages to be
	   displayed.

	   The -l option causes the rule number for each Netfilter rule to be
	   displayed.

       enable
	   Added in Shorewall 4.4.26. Enables the optional provider associated
	   with the specified interface or provider. Where more than one
	   provider share a single network interface, a provider name must be
	   given.

	   Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.10, this command may be used with any
	   optional network interface.	interface may be either the logical or
	   physical name of the interface. The command sets /proc entries for
	   the interface, adds any route specified in shorewall-routes[4](5)
	   and installs the interface's traffic shaping configuration, if any.

       export
	   If directory1 is omitted, the current working directory is assumed.

	   Allows a non-root user to compile a shorewall script and stage it
	   on a system (provided that the user has access to the system via
	   ssh). The command is equivalent to:

		   /sbin/shorewall compile -e directory1 directory1/firewall &&\
		   scp directory1/firewall directory1/firewall.conf [user@]system:[directory2]

	   In other words, the configuration in the specified (or defaulted)
	   directory is compiled to a file called firewall in that directory.
	   If compilation succeeds, then firewall and firewall.conf are copied
	   to system using scp.

       forget
	   Deletes /var/lib/shorewall/filename and /var/lib/shorewall/save. If
	   no filename is given then the file specified by RESTOREFILE in
	   shorewall.conf[1](5) is assumed.

       help
	   Displays a syntax summary.

       hits
	   Generates several reports from Shorewall log messages in the
	   current log file. If the -t option is included, the reports are
	   restricted to log messages generated today.

       ipcalc
	   Ipcalc displays the network address, broadcast address, network in
	   CIDR notation and netmask corresponding to the input[s].

       iprange
	   Iprange decomposes the specified range of IP addresses into the
	   equivalent list of network/host addresses.

       iptrace
	   This is a low-level debugging command that causes iptables TRACE
	   log records to be created. See iptables(8) for details.

	   The iptables match expression must be one or more matches that may
	   appear in both the raw table OUTPUT and raw table PREROUTING
	   chains.

	   The trace records are written to the kernel's log buffer with
	   facility = kernel and priority = warning, and they are routed from
	   there by your logging daemon (syslogd, rsyslog, syslog-ng, ...) --
	   Shorewall has no control over where the messages go; consult your
	   logging daemon's documentation.

       load
	   If directory is omitted, the current working directory is assumed.
	   Allows a non-root user to compile a shorewall script and install it
	   on a system (provided that the user has root access to the system
	   via ssh). The command is equivalent to:

		   /sbin/shorewall compile -e directory directory/firewall &&\
		   scp directory/firewall directory/firewall.conf root@system:/var/lib/shorewall-lite/ &&\
		   ssh root@system '/sbin/shorewall-lite start'

	   In other words, the configuration in the specified (or defaulted)
	   directory is compiled to a file called firewall in that directory.
	   If compilation succeeds, then firewall is copied to system using
	   scp. If the copy succeeds, Shorewall Lite on system is started via
	   ssh.

	   If -s is specified and the start command succeeds, then the remote
	   Shorewall-lite configuration is saved by executing shorewall-lite
	   save via ssh.

	   if -c is included, the command shorewall-lite show capabilities -f
	   > /var/lib/shorewall-lite/capabilities is executed via ssh then the
	   generated file is copied to directory using scp. This step is
	   performed before the configuration is compiled.

	   If -r is included, it specifies that the root user on system is
	   named root-user-name rather than "root".

	   The -T option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 and causes a Perl stack
	   trace to be included with each compiler-generated error and warning
	   message.

       logdrop
	   Causes traffic from the listed addresses to be logged then
	   discarded. Logging occurs at the log level specified by the
	   BLACKLIST_LOGLEVEL setting in shorewall.conf[1] (5).

       logwatch
	   Monitors the log file specified by the LOGFILE option in
	   shorewall.conf[1](5) and produces an audible alarm when new
	   Shorewall messages are logged. The -m option causes the MAC address
	   of each packet source to be displayed if that information is
	   available. The refresh-interval specifies the time in seconds
	   between screen refreshes. You can enter a negative number by
	   preceding the number with "--" (e.g., shorewall logwatch -- -30).
	   In this case, when a packet count changes, you will be prompted to
	   hit any key to resume screen refreshes.

       logreject
	   Causes traffic from the listed addresses to be logged then
	   rejected. Logging occurs at the log level specified by the
	   BLACKLIST_LOGLEVEL setting in shorewall.conf[1] (5).

       noiptrace
	   This is a low-level debugging command that cancels a trace started
	   by a preceding iptrace command.

	   The iptables match expression must be one given in the iptrace
	   command being canceled.

       refresh
	   All steps performed by restart are performed by refresh with the
	   exception that refresh only recreates the chains specified in the
	   command while restart recreates the entire Netfilter ruleset. If no
	   chain is given, the static blacklisting chain blacklst is assumed.

	   The listed chains are assumed to be in the filter table. You can
	   refresh chains in other tables by prefixing the chain name with the
	   table name followed by ":" (e.g., nat:net_dnat). Chain names which
	   follow are assumed to be in that table until the end of the list or
	   until an entry in the list names another table. Built-in chains
	   such as FORWARD may not be refreshed.

	   The -n option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 causes Shorewall to
	   avoid updating the routing table(s).

	   The -d option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 causes the compiler to
	   run under the Perl debugger.

	   The -T option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 and causes a Perl stack
	   trace to be included with each compiler-generated error and warning
	   message.

	   The -D option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 and causes Shorewall to
	   look in the given directory first for configuration files.

	   Example:

	       shorewall refresh net2fw nat:net_dnat #Refresh the 'net2loc' chain in the filter table and the 'net_dnat' chain in the nat table

	   The refresh command has slightly different behavior. When no chain
	   name is given to the refresh command, the mangle table is refreshed
	   along with the blacklist chain (if any). This allows you to modify
	   /etc/shorewall/tcrulesand install the changes using refresh.

       reload
	   If directory is omitted, the current working directory is assumed.
	   Allows a non-root user to compile a shorewall script and install it
	   on a system (provided that the user has root access to the system
	   via ssh). The command is equivalent to:

		   /sbin/shorewall compile -e directory directory/firewall &&\
		   scp directory/firewall directory/firewall.conf root@system:/var/lib/shorewall-lite/ &&\
		   ssh root@system '/sbin/shorewall-lite restart'

	   In other words, the configuration in the specified (or defaulted)
	   directory is compiled to a file called firewall in that directory.
	   If compilation succeeds, then firewall is copied to system using
	   scp. If the copy succeeds, Shorewall Lite on system is restarted
	   via ssh.

	   If -s is specified and the restart command succeeds, then the
	   remote Shorewall-lite configuration is saved by executing
	   shorewall-lite save via ssh.

	   if -c is included, the command shorewall-lite show capabilities -f
	   > /var/lib/shorewall-lite/capabilities is executed via ssh then the
	   generated file is copied to directory using scp. This step is
	   performed before the configuration is compiled.

	   If -r is included, it specifies that the root user on system is
	   named root-user-name rather than "root".

	   The -T option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 and causes a Perl stack
	   trace to be included with each compiler-generated error and warning
	   message.

       reset
	   All the packet and byte counters in the firewall are reset.

       restart
	   Restart is similar to shorewall start except that it assumes that
	   the firewall is already started. Existing connections are
	   maintained. If a directory is included in the command, Shorewall
	   will look in that directory first for configuration files.

	   The -n option causes Shorewall to avoid updating the routing
	   table(s).

	   The -p option causes the connection tracking table to be flushed;
	   the conntrack utility must be installed to use this option.

	   The -d option causes the compiler to run under the Perl debugger.

	   The -f option suppresses the compilation step and simply reused the
	   compiled script which last started/restarted Shorewall, provided
	   that /etc/shorewall and its contents have not been modified since
	   the last start/restart.

	   The -c option was added in Shorewall 4.4.20 and performs the
	   compilation step unconditionally, overriding the AUTOMAKE setting
	   in shorewall.conf[1](5). When both -f and -care present, the result
	   is determined by the option that appears last.

	   The -T option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 and causes a Perl stack
	   trace to be included with each compiler-generated error and warning
	   message.

       restore
	   Restore Shorewall to a state saved using the shorewall save
	   command. Existing connections are maintained. The filename names a
	   restore file in /var/lib/shorewall created using shorewall save; if
	   no filename is given then Shorewall will be restored from the file
	   specified by the RESTOREFILE option in shorewall.conf[1](5).

       safe-restart
	   Only allowed if Shorewall is running. The current configuration is
	   saved in /var/lib/shorewall/safe-restart (see the save command
	   below) then a shorewall restart is done. You will then be prompted
	   asking if you want to accept the new configuration or not. If you
	   answer "n" or if you fail to answer within 60 seconds (such as when
	   your new configuration has disabled communication with your
	   terminal), the configuration is restored from the saved
	   configuration. If a directory is given, then Shorewall will look in
	   that directory first when opening configuration files.

	   Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.0, you may specify a different timeout
	   value using the -t option. The numeric timeout may optionally be
	   followed by an s, m or h suffix (e.g., 5m) to specify seconds,
	   minutes or hours respectively. If the suffix is omitted, seconds is
	   assumed.

       safe-start
	   Shorewall is started normally. You will then be prompted asking if
	   everything went all right. If you answer "n" or if you fail to
	   answer within 60 seconds (such as when your new configuration has
	   disabled communication with your terminal), a shorewall clear is
	   performed for you. If a directory is given, then Shorewall will
	   look in that directory first when opening configuration files.

	   Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.0, you may specify a different timeout
	   value using the -t option. The numeric timeout may optionally be
	   followed by an s, m or h suffix (e.g., 5m) to specify seconds,
	   minutes or hours respectively. If the suffix is omitted, seconds is
	   assumed.

       save
	   The dynamic blacklist is stored in /var/lib/shorewall/save. The
	   state of the firewall is stored in /var/lib/shorewall/filename for
	   use by the shorewall restore and shorewall -f start commands. If
	   filename is not given then the state is saved in the file specified
	   by the RESTOREFILE option in shorewall.conf[1](5).

       show
	   The show command can have a number of different arguments:

	   actions
	       Produces a report about the available actions (built-in,
	       standard and user-defined).

	   capabilities
	       Displays your kernel/iptables capabilities. The -f option
	       causes the display to be formatted as a capabilities file for
	       use with compile -e.

	   [ [ chain ] chain... ]
	       The rules in each chain are displayed using the iptables -L
	       chain -n -v command. If no chain is given, all of the chains in
	       the filter table are displayed. The -x option is passed
	       directly through to iptables and causes actual packet and byte
	       counts to be displayed. Without this option, those counts are
	       abbreviated. The -t option specifies the Netfilter table to
	       display. The default is filter.

	       The -b ('brief') option causes rules which have not been used
	       (i.e. which have zero packet and byte counts) to be omitted
	       from the output. Chains with no rules displayed are also
	       omitted from the output.

	       The -l option causes the rule number for each Netfilter rule to
	       be displayed.

	       If the -t option and the chain keyword are both omitted and any
	       of the listed chains do not exist, a usage message is
	       displayed.

	   classifiers|filters
	       Displays information about the packet classifiers defined on
	       the system as a result of traffic shaping configuration.

	   config
	       Displays distribution-specific defaults.

	   connections
	       Displays the IP connections currently being tracked by the
	       firewall.

	   event event
	       Added in Shorewall 4.5.19. Displays the named event.

	   events
	       Added in Shorewall 4.5.19. Displays all events.

	   ip
	       Displays the system's IPv4 configuration.

	   ipa
	       Added in Shorewall 4.4.17. Displays the per-IP accounting
	       counters (shorewall-accounting[5] (5)).

	   log
	       Displays the last 20 Shorewall messages from the log file
	       specified by the LOGFILE option in shorewall.conf[1](5). The -m
	       option causes the MAC address of each packet source to be
	       displayed if that information is available.

	   macros
	       Displays information about each macro defined on the firewall
	       system.

	   macro
	       Added in Shorewall 4.4.6. Displays the file that implements the
	       specified macro (usually /usr/share/shorewall/macro.macro).

	   marks
	       Added in Shorewall 4.4.26. Displays the various fields in
	       packet marks giving the min and max value (in both decimal and
	       hex) and the applicable mask (in hex).

	   nat
	       Displays the Netfilter nat table using the command iptables -t
	       nat -L -n -v.The -x option is passed directly through to
	       iptables and causes actual packet and byte counts to be
	       displayed. Without this option, those counts are abbreviated.

	   policies
	       Added in Shorewall 4.4.4. Displays the applicable policy
	       between each pair of zones. Note that implicit intrazone ACCEPT
	       policies are not displayed for zones associated with a single
	       network where that network doesn't specify routeback.

	   routing
	       Displays the system's IPv4 routing configuration.

	   raw
	       Displays the Netfilter raw table using the command iptables -t
	       raw -L -n -v.The -x option is passed directly through to
	       iptables and causes actual packet and byte counts to be
	       displayed. Without this option, those counts are abbreviated.

	   tc
	       Displays information about queuing disciplines, classes and
	       filters.

	   zones
	       Displays the current composition of the Shorewall zones on the
	       system.

       start
	   Start shorewall. Existing connections through shorewall managed
	   interfaces are untouched. New connections will be allowed only if
	   they are allowed by the firewall rules or policies. If a directory
	   is included in the command, Shorewall will look in that directory
	   first for configuration files. If -f is specified, the saved
	   configuration specified by the RESTOREFILE option in
	   shorewall.conf[1](5) will be restored if that saved configuration
	   exists and has been modified more recently than the files in
	   /etc/shorewall. When -f is given, a directory may not be specified.

	   Update: In Shorewall 4.4.20, a new LEGACY_FASTSTART option was
	   added to shorewall.conf[1](5). When LEGACY_FASTSTART=No, the
	   modification times of files in /etc/shorewall are compared with
	   that of /var/lib/shorewall/firewall (the compiled script that last
	   started/restarted the firewall).

	   The -n option causes Shorewall to avoid updating the routing
	   table(s).

	   The -p option causes the connection tracking table to be flushed;
	   the conntrack utility must be installed to use this option.

	   The -c option was added in Shorewall 4.4.20 and performs the
	   compilation step unconditionally, overriding the AUTOMAKE setting
	   in shorewall.conf[1](5). When both -f and -care present, the result
	   is determined by the option that appears last.

	   The -T option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 and causes a Perl stack
	   trace to be included with each compiler-generated error and warning
	   message.

       stop
	   Stops the firewall. All existing connections, except those listed
	   in shorewall-routestopped[6](5) or permitted by the
	   ADMINISABSENTMINDED option in shorewall.conf[1](5), are taken down.
	   The only new traffic permitted through the firewall is from systems
	   listed in shorewall-routestopped[6](5) or by ADMINISABSENTMINDED.

	   If -f is given, the command will be processed by the compiled
	   script that executed the last successful start, restart or refresh
	   command if that script exists.

       status
	   Produces a short report about the state of the Shorewall-configured
	   firewall.

       try
	   If Shorewall is started then the firewall state is saved to a
	   temporary saved configuration (/var/lib/shorewall/.try). Next, if
	   Shorewall is currently started then a restart command is issued
	   using the specified configuration directory; otherwise, a start
	   command is performed using the specified configuration directory.
	   if an error occurs during the compilation phase of the restart or
	   start, the command terminates without changing the Shorewall state.
	   If an error occurs during the restart phase, then a shorewall
	   restore is performed using the saved configuration. If an error
	   occurs during the start phase, then Shorewall is cleared. If the
	   start/restart succeeds and a timeout is specified then a clear or
	   restore is performed after timeout seconds.

	   Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.0, the numeric timeout may optionally
	   be followed by an s, m or h suffix (e.g., 5m) to specify seconds,
	   minutes or hours respectively. If the suffix is omitted, seconds is
	   assumed.

       update
	   Added in Shorewall 4.4.21 and causes the compiler to update
	   /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf then validate the configuration. The
	   update will add options not present in the old file with their
	   default values, and will move deprecated options with non-defaults
	   to a deprecated options section at the bottom of the file. Your
	   existing shorewall.conf file is renamed shorewall.conf.bak.

	   The -a option causes the updated shorewall.conf file to be
	   annotated with documentation.

	   The -b option was added in Shorewall 4.4.26 and causes legacy
	   blacklisting rules (shorewall-blacklist[7] (5) ) to be converted to
	   entries in the blrules file (shorewall-blrules[8] (5) ). The
	   blacklist keyword is removed from shorewall-zones[3] (5),
	   shorewall-interfaces[2] (5) and shorewall-hosts[9] (5). The
	   unmodified files are saved with a .bak suffix.

	   The -D option was added in Shorewall 4.5.11. When this option is
	   specified, the compiler will walk through the directories in the
	   CONFIG_PATH replacing FORMAT and COMMENT entries to compiler
	   directives (e.g., ?FORMAT and ?COMMENT. When a file is updated, the
	   original is saved in a .bak file in the same directory.

	   For a description of the other options, see the check command
	   above.

       version
	   Displays Shorewall's version. The -a option is included for
	   compatibility with earlier Shorewall releases and is ignored.

EXIT STATUS
       In general, when a command succeeds, status 0 is returned; when the
       command fails, a non-zero status is returned.

       The status command returns exit status as follows:

       0 - Firewall is started.

       3 - Firewall is stopped or cleared

       4 - Unknown state; usually means that the firewall has never been
       started.

FILES
       /etc/shorewall/

SEE ALSO
       http://www.shorewall.net/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm

       shorewall-accounting(5), shorewall-actions(5), shorewall-blacklist(5),
       shorewall-hosts(5), shorewall_interfaces(5), shorewall-ipsets(5),
       shorewall-maclist(5), shorewall-masq(5), shorewall-nat(5),
       shorewall-netmap(5), shorewall-params(5), shorewall-policy(5),
       shorewall-providers(5), shorewall-proxyarp(5), shorewall-rtrules(5),
       shorewall-routestopped(5), shorewall-rules(5), shorewall.conf(5),
       shorewall-secmarks(5), shorewall-tcclasses(5), shorewall-tcdevices(5),
       shorewall-tcrules(5), shorewall-tos(5), shorewall-tunnels(5),
       shorewall-zones(5)

NOTES
	1. shorewall.conf
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall.conf.html

	2. shorewall-interfaces
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-interfaces.html

	3. shorewall-zones
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-zones.html

	4. shorewall-routes
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-routes.html

	5. shorewall-accounting
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/manpages/shorewall-accounting.html

	6. shorewall-routestopped
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-routestopped.html

	7. shorewall-blacklist
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-blacklist.html

	8. shorewall-blrules
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-blrules.html

	9. shorewall-hosts
	   http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-hosts.html

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