<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <refentry> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>shorewall-lite-vardir</refentrytitle> <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>vardir</refname> <refpurpose>Shorewall Lite file</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <cmdsynopsis> <command>/etc/shorewall-lite/vardir</command> </cmdsynopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para>This file does not exist by default. You may create the file if you want to change the directory used by Shorewall Lite to store state information, including compiled firewall scripts. By default, the directory used is <filename>/var/lib/shorewall-lite/</filename>.</para> <para>The file contains a single variable assignment:</para> <para><option>VARDIR=</option><replaceable>directory</replaceable></para> <para>where <replaceable>directory</replaceable> is the name of a directory. If you add this file, you should copy the files from <filename>/var/lib/shorewall-lite</filename> to the new directory before performing a <command>shorewall-lite restart</command>.</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>Example</title> <para>VARDIR=/root/shorewall</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>FILES</title> <para>/etc/shorewall-lite/vardir</para> </refsect1> <refsect1> <title>See ALSO</title> <para>shorewall(8), shorewall-accounting(5), shorewall-actions(5), shorewall-blacklist(5), shorewall-hosts(5), shorewall-interfaces(5), shorewall-ipsec(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-route_rules(5), shorewall-routestopped(5), shorewall-rules(5), shorewall.conf(5), shorewall-tcclasses(5), shorewall-tcdevices(5), shorewall-tcrules(5), shorewall-tos(5), shorewall-tunnels(5), shorewall-zones(5)</para> </refsect1> </refentry>