SHOREWALL-VARDIR(5)

💖 SHOREWALL-VARDIR 💖

okay bestie, so this is SHOREWALL-VARDIR(5) — a lil page from the Configuration Files section of the manual. sit down, grab a boba, and let's talk about where Shorewall keeps its stuff 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

vardir — it's a Shorewall file, that's the whole vibe 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/etc/shorewall[6]/vardir

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so first thing's first: this file does not exist by default. like, it's not there. it's giving "you have to manifest it" ✨

You may create the file if you want to change the directory used by Shorewall to store state information — and yes, that includes the compiled firewall scripts, the whole thing 🫶

By default, the directory used is:

• /var/lib/shorewall/ for IPv4
• /var/lib/shorewall6/ for IPv6

The file contains a single variable assignment:

VARDIR=directory

where directory is the name of a directory. that's it. one line. main character energy honestly 💅

⚠️ okay so listen: if you add this file, you should copy the files from /var/lib/shorewall to the new directory before performing a shorewall restart. do not skip this step bestie, i'm begging 😭

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✨ EXAMPLE ✨

VARDIR=/root/shorewall

look at her go 🧚

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✨ FILES ✨

• /etc/shorewall/vardir
• /etc/shorewall6/vardir

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• shorewall(8)

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that's the whole page fr fr 💜 it came from the Configuration Files manual, version SHOREWALL-VARDIR(5), dated 09/24/2020 — slay, iconic, no notes 👑🌈⭐