[Bug 376000] [NEW] Shorewall start fails

[Daniel Lutz]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: shorewall-common

Ubuntu 8.04.2 (Kubuntu)
shorewall-common: 4.0.6-1

During bootup, shorewall can't start because of a bug in /sbin/shorewall.
The log file /var/log/shorewall-init.log contains the following error message at the end:

[...]
Compiling Traffic Control Rules...
Compiling Rule Activation...
Shorewall configuration compiled to /var/lib/shorewall/.start
/var/lib/shorewall/.start: 1804: Syntax error: Missing '))'

The error occurs during calling /var/lib/shorewall/.start. This script
uses "/bin/sh" by default. On Ubuntu systems, /bin/sh is a symlink to
/bin/dash. The script ".start" seems not to work with dash.

The script /sbin/shorewall calls ".start" directly (${VARDIR}/.start
$debugging start), whereas ".restart" is called with $SHOREWALL_SHELL
($SHOREWALL_SHELL ${VARDIR}/.restart $debugging restart). In our case,
we have set $SHOREWALL_SHELL to /bin/bash.

I think ".start" should be called the same way as ".restart" (using
$SHOREWALL_SHELL).

** Affects: shorewall-common (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Shorewall start fails
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