Re: How do I reload Shorewall6 if the IPv6 changes
Sven Kirmess
Thu Feb 01 22:15:40 2018
On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 12:44 AM, Roy Marples <roy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Don't beat around the bush, just reload it on actions.
>
> case "$reason" in
> INFORM6|BOUND6|RENEW6|REBIND6|REBOOT6) reload_shorewall;;
> esac
>
That was what I was looking for, the correct list of actions. Thanks!
I don't know Shorewall, or Linux firewalls for that matter.
> But NPF on NetBSD allows reloading without terminating existing
> connections which is probably what you need.
>
Yes, that works the same with Shorewall.
Reloading Shorwall takes 1 minute on my system. Are the hooks in
/libexec/dhcpcd-hooks guaranteed to only run one at a time? Or do I have to
add locking myself?
And is it a problem for dhcpcd if one of the hook scripts runs for a minute?
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