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Add warnings about line continuation vs. comments

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Signed-off-by: Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net>
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Tom Eastep 2013-01-09 08:00:59 -08:00
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docs/configuration_file_basics.xml
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@ -142,10 +142,16 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename>/etc/shorewall/blacklist</filename> - lists
<para><filename>/etc/shorewall/blacklist</filename> - Deprecated in
favor of <filename>/etc/shorewall/blrules</filename>. Lists
blacklisted IP/subnet/MAC addresses.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename>/etc/shorewall/blrules</filename> — Added in
Shorewall 4.5.0. Define blacklisting and whitelisting.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename>/etc/shorewall/init</filename> - commands that you
wish to execute at the beginning of a <quote>shorewall start</quote>
@ -258,6 +264,11 @@
start/restart when LOAD_HELPERS_ONLY=Yes in
<filename>shorewall.conf</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><filename>/usr/share/arprules</filename> — Added in Shorewall
4.5.12. Allows specification of arptables rules.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
<para><emphasis role="bold">If you need to change a file in
@ -297,6 +308,12 @@
<programlisting># This is a comment
ACCEPT net $FW tcp www #This is an end-of-line comment</programlisting>
</example>
<important>
<para>If a comment ends with a backslash ("\"), the next line will also
be treated as a comment. See <link linkend="Continuation">Line
Continuation</link> below.</para>
</important>
</section>
<section id="Names">
@ -516,6 +533,19 @@ ACCEPT net:\
continuation line does not end with a comma or colon, the leading white
space in the last line is not ignored.</para>
</example>
<important>
<para>A trailing backslash is not ignored in a comment. So the continued
rule above can be commented out with a single '#' as follows:</para>
<programlisting>#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST
# PORT(S)
<emphasis role="bold">#</emphasis>ACCEPT net:\
206.124.146.177,\
206.124.146.178,\
206.124.146.180\
dmz tcp 873</programlisting>
</important>
</section>
<section id="Pairs">