On Sun, 2 Feb 2025 12:31:03 +0000 Philip Pemberton via Shorewall-users <shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > I've been trying to add a DNAT rule which refers to a server whose > hostname includes a hyphen: > > SMTP/DNAT net loc:int-mailserver > > Shorewall rejects this with an error in the macro: > > shorewall[2105151]: Compiling /etc/shorewall/rules... > > shorewall[2105151]: ERROR: Invalid IP Address (int) > /usr/share/shorewall/macro.SMTP (line 12) > shorewall[2105151]: from /etc/shorewall/rules (line 83) > > > I've tried escaping the dashes but Shorewall gives me a different > error: > > shorewall[2104309]: ERROR: Shorewall Configuration file entries > may not contain double quotes, single back quotes or backslashes > /etc/shorewall/rules (line 83) > > Is there a way to do this, short of adding an alias to /etc/hosts > without the hyphens? Hyphen is not the issue. Issue is non-fqdn hostname, I'd guess. Documentation is very clear, it advices against dns names. Please read this part of documentation carefully and please, don't use dns name in config. https://shorewall.org/manpages/shorewall-names.html#idm30 -- Tuomo Soini <t...@foobar.fi> Foobar Linux services +358 40 5240030 Foobar Oy <https://foobar.fi/> _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
