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NAME
shorewall6 - Administration tool for Shoreline Firewall 6 (Shorewall6)
SYNOPSIS
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] add { interface[:host-list]... zone | zone host-list }
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] allow address
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] call function [parameter ...]
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] [check | ck ] [-e] [-d] [-p] [-r] [-T] [-i] [directory]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] clear
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] close { open-number | sourcedest [protocol [ port ]]}
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] [compile | co ] [-e] [-d] [-T] [-i] [directory] [pathname]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] delete { interface[:host-list]... zone | zone host-list }
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] disable { interface | provider }
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] drop address
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] dump [-x] [-l] [-m] [-c]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] enable { interface | provider }
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] export [directory1] [user@]system[:directory2]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] forget [filename]
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] help
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] iptrace iptables match expression
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] logdrop address
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] logwatch [-m] [refresh-interval]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] logreject address
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] noiptrace iptables match expression
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] open source dest [ protocol [ port ] ]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] reenable { interface | provider }
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] refresh [-n] [-d] [-T] [-i] [-D directory ] [chain...]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] reject address
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] remote-start [-s] [-c] [-r root-user-name] [-T] [-i] [directory]
system
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] remote-reload [-s] [-c] [-r root-user-name] [-T] [-i] [directory]
system
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] remote-restart [-s] [-c] [-r root-user-name] [-T] [-i] [directory]
system
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] reset [chain ...]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] reload [-n] [-f] [-c] [-T] [-i [-C]] [directory]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] restart [-n] [-f] [-c] [-T] [-i [-C]] [directory]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] restore [-C] [filename]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] run command [parameter ...]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] safe-reload [-d] [-t timeout] [directory]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] safe-restart [-d] [-t timeout] [directory]
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] safe-start [-d] [-t timeout] [directory]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] save [-C] [filename]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] savesets
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls } [-x] {bl|blacklists}
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls } [-b] [-x] [-l] [-t {filter|mangle|raw}]
[[chain] chain...]
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls } [-f] capabilities
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls }
{actions|classifiers|connections|config|events|filters|ip|macros|zones|policies|tc|marks}
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls } event event
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls } [-c] routing
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls } [-x] {mangle|nat|raw|rawpost}
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls } tc
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] {show | list | ls } [-m] log
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] start [-n] [-f] [-c] [-T] [-i [-C]] [directory]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] stop
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] status [-i]
shorewall6 [trace|debug [nolock]] [-options] try directory [timeout]
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] update [-d] [-r] [-T] [-a] [-i] [-A] [directory]
shorewall6 [trace|debug] [-options] version [-a]
DESCRIPTION
The shorewall6 utility is used to control the Shoreline Firewall 6 (Shorewall6).
OPTIONS
The trace and debug options are used for debugging. See
http://www.shorewall.net/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm#Trace[1].
The nolock option prevents the command from attempting to acquire the Shorewall6 lockfile. It is useful
if you need to include shorewall6 commands in /etc/shorewall6/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 shorewall6.conf[2](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 { interface[:host-list]... zone | zone host-list }
Added in Shorewall 4.4.21. 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 shorewall6-interfaces[3](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 (shorewall6-zones[4](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 address
Re-enables receipt of packets from hosts previously blacklisted by a drop, logdrop, reject, or
logreject command.
call function [ parameter ... ]
Added in Shorewall 4.6.10. Allows you to call a function in one of the Shorewall libraries or in your
compiled script. function must name the shell function to be called. The listed parameters are passed
to the function.
The function is first searched for in lib.base, lib.common, lib.cli and lib.cli-std. If it is not
found, the call command is passed to the generated script to be executed.
check [-e] [-d] [-p] [-r] [-T] [-i] [directory]
Compiles the configuration in the specified directory and discards the compiled output script. If no
directory is given, then /etc/shorewall6 is assumed.
The -e option causes the compiler to look for a file named capabilities. This file is produced using
the command shorewall6-lite show -f capabilities > capabilities on a system with Shorewall6 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.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf(5)[2].
clear [-f]
Clear will remove all rules and chains installed by Shorewall6. 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.
close { open-number | source dest [ protocol [ port ] ] }
Added in Shorewall 4.5.8. This command closes a temporary open created by the open command. In the
first form, an open-number specifies the open to be closed. Open numbers are displayed in the num
column of the output of the shorewall6 show opens command.
When the second form of the command is used, the parameters must match those given in the earlier
open command.
compile [-e] [-c] [-d] [-p] [-T] [-i] [directory] [pathname ]
Compiles the current configuration into the executable file pathname. If a directory is supplied,
Shorewall6 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., shorewall6 -v-1 compile -- -) to suppress the 'Compiling...' message
normally generated by /sbin/shorewall6.
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 shorewall6-lite show -f capabilities >
capabilities on a system with Shorewall6 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.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf(5)[2].
delete { interface[:host-list]... zone | zone host-list }
Added in Shorewall 4.4.21. The delete command reverses the effect of an earlier add command.
The interface argument names an interface defined in the shorewall6-interfaces[3](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 (shorewall6-zones[4](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 { interface | provider }
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 shorewall6-routes[5](5) and any traffic shaping configuration for the interface.
drop address
Causes traffic from the listed addresses to be silently dropped.
dump [-x] [-l] [-m] [-c]
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 Shorewall6 log messages to be displayed.
The -l option causes the rule number for each Netfilter rule to be displayed.
The -c option causes the route cache to be dumped in addition to the other routing information.
enable { interface | provider }
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 shorewall6-routes[5](5) and installs the interface's
traffic shaping configuration, if any.
export [directory1 ] [user@]system[:directory2 ]
If directory1 is omitted, the current working directory is assumed.
Allows a non-root user to compile a shorewall6 script and stage it on a system (provided that the
user has access to the system via ssh). The command is equivalent to:
/sbin/shorewall6 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 [ filename ]
Deletes /var/lib/shorewall6/filename and /var/lib/shorewall6/save. If no filename is given then the
file specified by RESTOREFILE in shorewall6.conf[2](5) is assumed.
help
Displays a syntax summary.
iptrace ip6tables match expression
This is a low-level debugging command that causes iptables TRACE log records to be created. See
ip6tables(8) for details.
The ip6tables match expression must be one or more matches that may appear in both the raw table
OUTPUT and raw table PREROUTING chains.
The log message destination is determined by the currently-selected IPv6 logging backend[6].
list
list is a synonym for show -- please see below.
logdrop address
Causes traffic from the listed addresses to be logged then discarded. Logging occurs at the log level
specified by the BLACKLIST_LOGLEVEL setting in shorewall6.conf[2] (5).
logwatch [-m] [refresh-interval]
Monitors the log file specified by the LOGFILE option in shorewall6.conf[2](5) and produces an
audible alarm when new Shorewall6 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., shorewall6 logwatch -- -30). In this case, when a packet count changes, you will be
prompted to hit any key to resume screen refreshes.
logreject address
Causes traffic from the listed addresses to be logged then rejected. Logging occurs at the log level
specified by the BLACKLIST_LOGLEVEL setting in shorewall6.conf[2] (5).
ls
ls is a synonym for show -- please see below.
noiptrace ip6tables match expression
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.
open source dest [ protocol [ port ] ]
Added in Shorewall 4.6.8. This command requires that the firewall be in the started state and that
DYNAMIC_BLACKLIST=Yes in shorewall6.conf (5)[2]. The effect of the command is to temporarily open the
firewall for connections matching the parameters.
The source and dest parameters may each be specified as all if you don't wish to restrict the
connection source or destination respectively. Otherwise, each must contain a host or network address
or a valid DNS name.
The protocol may be specified either as a number or as a name listed in /etc/protocols. The port may
be specified numerically or as a name listed in /etc/services.
To reverse the effect of a successful open command, use the close command with the same parameters or
simply restart the firewall.
Example: To open the firewall for SSH connections to address 2001:470:b:227::1, the command would be:
shorewall6 open all 2001:470:b:227::1 tcp 22
To reverse that command, use:
shorewall6 close all 2001:470:b:227::1 tcp 22
reenable{ interface | provider }
Added in Shorewall 4.6.9. This is equivalent to a disable command followed by an enable command on
the specified interface or provider.
refresh [-n] [-d] [-T] [-i] [-Ddirectory ] [ chain... ]
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.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/shorewall6/tcrulesand install the
changes using refresh.
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 -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
The -D option was added in Shorewall 4.5.3 and causes Shorewall to look in the given directory first
for configuration files.
Example 1. Refresh the 'net-fw' chain in the filter table and the 'net_dnat' chain in the nat table
shorewall6 refresh net-fw nat:net_dnat
reject address
Causes traffic from the listed addresses to be silently rejected.
reload [-n] [-p] [-d] [-f] [-c] [-T] [-i] [-C] [ directory ]
This command was re-implemented in Shorewall 5.0.0. The pre-5.0.0 reload command is now called
remote-restart (see below).
Reload is similar to shorewall6 start except that it assumes that the firewall is already started.
Existing connections are maintained. If a directory is included in the command, Shorewall6 will look
in that directory first for configuration files.
The -n option causes Shorewall6 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/shorewall6 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 shorewall6.conf[2](5). When both -f and -c are 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.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
The -C option was added in Shorewall 4.6.5 and is only meaningful when AUTOMAKE=Yes in
shorewall6.conf[2](5). If an existing firewall script is used and if that script was the one that
generated the current running configuration, then the running netfilter configuration will be
reloaded as is so as to preserve the iptables packet and byte counters.
remote-reload [-s] [-c] [-r root-user-name] [-T] [-i] [ directory ] system
This command was added in Shorewall 5.0.0.
If directory is omitted, the current working directory is assumed. Allows a non-root user to compile
a shorewall6 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/shorewall6 compile -e directory directory/firewall &&\
scp directory/firewall directory/firewall.conf root@system:/var/lib/shorewall6-lite/ &&\
ssh root@system '/sbin/shorewall6-lite reload'
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, Shorewall6 Lite on system is restarted via ssh.
If -s is specified and the restart command succeeds, then the remote Shorewall6-lite configuration is
saved by executing shorewall6-lite save via ssh.
if -c is included, the command shorewall6-lite show capabilities -f >
/var/lib/shorewall6-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.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
remote- restart [-s] [-c] [-r root-user-name] [-T] [-i] [ directory ] system
This command was renamed from reload in Shorewall 5.0.0.
If directory is omitted, the current working directory is assumed. Allows a non-root user to compile
a shorewall6 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/shorewall6 compile -e directory directory/firewall &&\
scp directory/firewall directory/firewall.conf root@system:/var/lib/shorewall6-lite/ &&\
ssh root@system '/sbin/shorewall6-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, Shorewall6 Lite on system is restarted via ssh.
If -s is specified and the restart command succeeds, then the remote Shorewall6-lite configuration is
saved by executing shorewall6-lite save via ssh.
if -c is included, the command shorewall6-lite show capabilities -f >
/var/lib/shorewall6-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.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
remote-start [-s] [-c] [-r root-user-name] [-T] [-i] [ directory ] system
This command was added in Shorewall 5.0.0.
If directory is omitted, the current working directory is assumed. Allows a non-root user to compile
a shorewall6 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/shorewall6 compile -e directory directory/firewall &&\
scp directory/firewall directory/firewall.conf root@system:/var/lib/shorewall6-lite/ &&\
ssh root@system '/sbin/shorewall6-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, Shorewall6 Lite on system is started via ssh.
If -s is specified and the start command succeeds, then the remote Shorewall6-lite configuration is
saved by executing shorewall6-lite save via ssh.
if -c is included, the command shorewall6-lite show capabilities -f >
/var/lib/shorewall6-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.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
reset [chain, ...]
Resets the packet and byte counters in the specified chain(s). If no chain is specified, all the
packet and byte counters in the firewall are reset.
Beginning with Shorewall 5.0.0, chain may be composed of both a table name and a chain name separated
by a colon (e.g., mangle:PREROUTING). Chain names following that don't include a table name are
assumed to be in that same table. If no table name is given in the command, the filter table is
assumed.
restart [-n] [-p] [-d] [-f] [-c] [-T] [-i] [-C] [ directory ]
Beginning with Shorewall 5.0.0, this command performs a true restart. The firewall is completely
stopped as if a stop command had been issued then it is started again.
If a directory is included in the command, Shorewall6 will look in that directory first for
configuration files.
The -n option causes Shorewall6 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/shorewall6 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 shorewall6.conf[2](5). When both -f and -c are 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.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
The -C option was added in Shorewall 4.6.5 and is only meaningful when AUTOMAKE=Yes in
shorewall6.conf[2](5). If an existing firewall script is used and if that script was the one that
generated the current running configuration, then the running netfilter configuration will be
reloaded as is so as to preserve the iptables packet and byte counters.
restore [-n] [-p] [-C] [ filename ]
Restore Shorewall6 to a state saved using the shorewall6 save command. Existing connections are
maintained. The filename names a restore file in /var/lib/shorewall6 created using shorewall6 save;
if no filename is given then Shorewall6 will be restored from the file specified by the RESTOREFILE
option in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
Caution
If your ip6tables ruleset depends on variables that are detected at run-time, either in your
params file or by Shorewall-generated code, restore will use the values that were current when
the ruleset was saved, which may be different from the current values.
The -C option was added in Shorewall 4.6.5. If the -C option was specified during shorewall6 save,
then the counters saved by that operation will be restored.
run command [ parameter ... ]
Added in Shorewall 4.6.3. Executes command in the context of the generated script passing the
supplied parameters. Normally, the command will be a function declared in lib.private.
Before executing the command, the script will detect the configuration, setting all SW_* variables
and will run your init extension script with $COMMAND = 'run'.
If there are files in the CONFIG_PATH that were modified after the current firewall script was
generated, the following warning message is issued before the script's run command is executed:
WARNING: /var/lib/shorewall6/firewall is not up to
date
safe-restart [-d] [-p] [-ttimeout ] [ directory ]
Only allowed if Shorewall6 is running. The current configuration is saved in
/var/lib/shorewall6/safe-restart (see the save command below) then a shorewall6 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 Shorewall6 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 [-d] [-p] [-ttimeout ] [ directory ]
Shorewall6 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 shorewall6 clear is performed for you. If a directory
is given, then Shorewall6 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 [-C] [ filename ]
The dynamic blacklist is stored in /var/lib/shorewall6/save. The state of the firewall is stored in
/var/lib/shorewall6/filename for use by the shorewall6 restore and
shorewall6 -f start commands. If filename is not given then the state is saved in the file specified
by the RESTOREFILE option in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
The -C option, added in Shorewall 4.6.5, causes the ip6tables packet and byte counters to be saved
along with the chains and rules.
savesets
Added in shorewall 4.6.8. Performs the same action as the stop command with respect to saving ipsets
(see the SAVE_IPSETS option in shorewall6.conf[2] (5)). This command may be used to proactively save
your ipset contents in the event that a system failure occurs prior to issuing a stop command.
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).
[-x] bl|blacklists
Added in Shorewall 4.6.2. Displays the dynamic chain along with any chains produced by entries in
shorewall-blrules(5).The -x option is passed directly through to ip6tables and causes actual
packet and byte counts to be displayed. Without this option, those counts are abbreviated.
[-f] capabilities
Displays your kernel/ip6tables capabilities. The -f option causes the display to be formatted as
a capabilities file for use with shorewall6 compile -e.
[-b] [-x] [-l] [-t {filter|mangle|nat|raw|rawpost}][ chain... ]
The rules in each chain are displayed using the ip6tables -Lchain-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 ip6tables 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 [filter_parameter ...]
Displays the IP connections currently being tracked by the firewall.
If the conntrack utility is installed, beginning with Shorewall 4.6.11 the set of connections
displayed can be limited by including conntrack filter parameters (-p , -s, --dport, etc). See
conntrack(8) for details.
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 IPv6 configuration.
[-m] log
Displays the last 20 Shorewall6 messages from the log file specified by the LOGFILE option in
shorewall6.conf[2](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 macro
Added in Shorewall 4.4.6. Displays the file that implements the specified macro (usually
/usr/share/shorewall6/macro.macro).
[-x] mangle
Displays the Netfilter mangle table using the command ip6tables -t mangle -L -n -v.The -x option
is passed directly through to ip6tables and causes actual packet and byte counts to be displayed.
Without this option, those counts are abbreviated.
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).
[-x] nat
Displays the Netfilter nat table using the command ip6tables -t nat -L -n -v. The -x option is
passed directly through to ip6tables and causes actual packet and byte counts to be displayed.
Without this option, those counts are abbreviated.
opens
Added in Shorewall 4.5.8. Displays the iptables rules in the 'dynamic' chain created through use
of the open command..
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.
[-x] raw
Displays the Netfilter raw table using the command ip6tables -t raw -L -n -v. The -x option is
passed directly through to ip6tables and causes actual packet and byte counts to be displayed.
Without this option, those counts are abbreviated.
[-c] routing
Displays the system's IPv6 routing configuration. The -c option causes the route cache to be
displayed in addition to the other routing information.
tc
Displays information about queuing disciplines, classes and filters.
zones
Displays the current composition of the Shorewall6 zones on the system.
start [-n] [-p] [-d] [-f] [-c] [-T] [-i] [-C] [ directory ]
Start shorewall6. Existing connections through shorewall6 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, Shorewall6 will look in that directory first for configuration
files. If -f is specified, the saved configuration specified by the RESTOREFILE option in
shorewall6.conf[2](5) will be restored if that saved configuration exists and has been modified more
recently than the files in /etc/shorewall6. When -f is given, a directory may not be specified.
Update: In Shorewall6 4.4.20, a new LEGACY_FASTSTART option was added to shorewall6.conf[2](5). When
LEGACY_FASTSTART=No, the modification times of files in /etc/shorewall6 are compared with that of
/var/lib/shorewall6/firewall (the compiled script that last started/restarted the firewall).
The -n option causes Shorewall6 to avoid updating the routing table(s).
The -c option was added in Shorewall 4.4.20 and performs the compilation step unconditionally,
overriding the AUTOMAKE setting in shorewall6.conf[2](5). When both -f and -c are 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.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall6.conf[2](5).
The -C option was added in Shorewall 4.6.5 and is only meaningful when the -f option is also
specified. If the previously-saved configuration is restored, and if the -C option was also specified
in the save command, then the packet and byte counters will be restored along with the chains and
rules.
stop [-f]
Stops the firewall. All existing connections, except those listed in shorewall6-routestopped[7](5) or
permitted by the ADMINISABSENTMINDED option in shorewall6.conf[2](5), are taken down. The only new
traffic permitted through the firewall is from systems listed in shorewall6-routestopped[7](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 Shorewall6-configured firewall.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.2 and causes the status of each optional or provider
interface to be displayed.
try directory [ timeout ]
If Shorewall6 is started then the firewall state is saved to a temporary saved configuration
(/var/lib/shorewall6/.try). Next, if Shorewall6 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 Shorewall6 state. If an error occurs during the
restart phase, then a shorewall6 restore is performed using the saved configuration. If an error
occurs during the start phase, then Shorewall6 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 [-d] [-r] [-T] [-a] [-i] [-A] [ directory ]
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 command was extended over the years with a set of options that caused additional configuration
updates.
• Convert an existing blacklist file into an equivalent blrules file.
• Convert an existing routestopped file into an equivalent stoppedrules file.
• Convert existing tcrules and tos files into an equivalent mangle file.
• Convert an existing notrack file into an equivalent conntrack file.
• Convert FORMAT, SECTION and COMMENT entries into ?FORMAT, ?SECTION and ?COMMENT directives.
In each case, the old file is renamed with a .bak suffix.
In Shorewall 5.0.0, the options were eliminated and the update command performs all of the updates
described above.
Important
There are some notable restrictions with the update command:
1. Converted rules will be appended to the existing file; if there is no existing file in the
CONFIG_PATH, one will be created in the directory specified in the command or in the first
entry in the CONFIG_PATH (normally /etc/shorewall6) otherwise.
2. Existing comments in the file being converted will not be transferred to the output file.
3. INCLUDEd files will be expanded inline in the output file.
4. Columns in the output file will be separated by a single tab character; there is no attempt
made to otherwise align the columns.
The -a option causes the updated shorewall.conf file to be annotated with documentation.
The -i option was added in Shorewall 4.6.0 and causes a warning message to be issued if the current
line contains alternative input specifications following a semicolon (";"). Such lines will be
handled incorrectly if INLINE_MATCHES is set to Yes in shorewall.conf[8](5).
The -A option is included for compatibility with Shorewall 4.6 and is equivalent to specifying the -i
option.
For a description of the other options, see the check command above.
version [-a]
Displays Shorewall6's version. If the -a option is included, the version of Shorewall will also be
displayed.
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.
SEE ALSO
http://www.shorewall.net/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm[9]
shorewall6-accounting(5), shorewall6-actions(5), shorewall6-blacklist(5), shorewall6-hosts(5),
shorewall6-interfaces(5), shorewall6-maclist(5), shorewall6-netmap(5),shorewall6-params(5),
shorewall6-policy(5), shorewall6-providers(5), shorewall6-rtrules(5), shorewall6-routestopped(5),
shorewall6-rules(5), shorewall6.conf(5), shorewall6-secmarks(5), shorewall6-tcclasses(5),
shorewall6-tcdevices(5), shorewall6-tcrules(5), shorewall6-tos(5), shorewall6-tunnels(5),
shorewall6-zones(5)
NOTES
1. http://www.shorewall.net/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm#Trace
http://www.shorewall.net/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm#Trace
2. shorewall6.conf
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6.conf.html
3. shorewall6-interfaces
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-interfaces.html
4. shorewall6-zones
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-zones.html
5. shorewall6-routes
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-routes.html
6. logging backend
http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.html#Backends
7. shorewall6-routestopped
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-routestopped.html
8. shorewall.conf
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall.conf.html
9. http://www.shorewall.net/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm
http://www.shorewall.net/starting_and_stopping_shorewall.htm
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