Shorewall setup help...

[Hobbes20xx]

Hey, so i just installed shorewall (on ubuntu server v8.10 32-bit) using this command:

sudo aptitude install shorewall

Now, i want to block everything other than port 80 (HTTP) and port 22 (SSH). i read that ima supposed to copy the configuration files using this command---

sudo cp /usr/share/doc/shorewall-common/examples/one-interface/* /etc/shorewall/

(is this even a necessary step?) but, when i do, i get an error saying that it doesn't exist...

anyway, even if i try to open the rules file to edit them using this code:

sudo nano /etc/shorewall/rules

it opens the file with nothing in it...

thanks ahead of time

[talsemgeest]

Hey, so i just installed shorewall (on ubuntu server v8.10 32-bit) using this command:

sudo aptitude install shorewall

Now, i want to block everything other than port 80 (HTTP) and port 22 (SSH). i read that ima supposed to copy the configuration files using this command---

sudo cp /usr/share/doc/shorewall-common/examples/one-interface/* /etc/shorewall/

(is this even a necessary step?) but, when i do, i get an error saying that it doesn't exist...

anyway, even if i try to open the rules file to edit them using this code:

sudo nano /etc/shorewall/rules

it opens the file with nothing in it...

thanks ahead of time

Try running

ls /etc/shorewall/

and see if the file is actually there. If it isn't, try running

ls /usr/share/doc/shorewall-common/examples/one-interface/

to see which files should have been copied.

[Hobbes20xx]

Alright, so i ran the

ls /etc/shorewall/

and came up with "no such file or directory"
so, moving on to

ls /usr/share/doc/shorewall-common/examples/one-interface/

same deal, "no such file or directory"

[talsemgeest]

Alright, so i ran the

ls /etc/shorewall/

and came up with "no such file or directory"
so, moving on to

ls /usr/share/doc/shorewall-common/examples/one-interface/

same deal, "no such file or directory"

Hmm, in that case either the application is not installed, or you have installed a version that is different from the version the instructions were written for.

[Andreauk]

Alright, so i ran the

ls /etc/shorewall/

and came up with "no such file or directory"
so, moving on to

ls /usr/share/doc/shorewall-common/examples/one-interface/

same deal, "no such file or directory"

Try:

sudo cp /usr/share/doc/shorewall/default-config/* /etc/shorewall/

[descon]

same problem as OP - Andreauk's solution worked! thanks!