diff --git a/docs/FAQ.xml b/docs/FAQ.xml index 9c017e014..7d84ab8b0 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.xml +++ b/docs/FAQ.xml @@ -54,6 +54,31 @@ url="shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm">QuickStart Guides. +
+ (FAQ 92) There are lots of Shorewall packages; which one(s) do I + install? + + Answer: When first installing + Shorewall 4.4.0 or later, you must install the shorewall package. If you want to configure an + IPv6 firewall, you must also install shorewall6. + +
+ (FAQ 92a) Someone once told me to install shorewall-perl; + anything to that? + + Answer: That was good advice in + Shorewall 4.2 and earlier. In those releases, there were two packages + that provided the basic firewalling functionality: shorewall-shell and shorewall-perl. Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.0, + shorewall-shell is discontinued and + shorewall-perl was renamed shorewall. +
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(FAQ 37) I just installed Shorewall on Debian and the /etc/shorewall directory is almost empty!!! @@ -1192,7 +1217,7 @@ to debug/develop the newnat interface. (FAQ 91) I changed the shorewall.conf file in /etc/shorewall/ to spit out logs to /var/log/shorewall.log and it's not happening after I restart shorewall. LOGFILE=/var/log/shorewall.log <-- that should be - the correct line, right? + the correct line, right? Answer: No, that is not correct. The LOGFILE setting tells Shorewall where to find the log; it does not