On 24/06/2013 10:35, Chris Walker wrote:
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Thanks for your help and thanks to Simon too.
It all started to look horribly complicated for something that I'd never experienced before.
I looked at the sites mentioned and then thought that as the software is new (Mageia that is, not Shorewall) then perhaps there's something amiss there. Sure enough there is - https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4987
I removed Shorewall, reconfigured it as was suggested and was then asked if I wanted to install it. I've just rebooted for good measure and all the messages have stopped.
I think that's described as an infelicity ;-)
Happy to help.
Am pretty good with Shorewall, which is a great piece of software, even if it is "just" a wrapper for iptables. I used to manage our firewalls manually, and once set up that wasn't too bad. But maintenance and big changes were a pain: Shorewall sorts that.
Cheers, Laurie.