logfile '/var/log/messages' in upstream config does not exist

[Stuart Williams]

The default /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf defines the netfilter log location on line 32: LOGFILE=/var/log/messages

/var/log/messages was removed from /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf in natty, as the same information was being logged to /var/log/syslog. See changelog: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/4.6.4-2ubuntu4

Any shorewall command requiring netfilter logs, on a new install post-natty, fails as such:

# shorewall dump
LOGFILE (/var/log/messages) does not exist!

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Kurt Huwig (k-huwig-f)]

The patch fixes the problem for me

[ButterflyOfFire (butterflyoffire)]

Hello, thank you for the tip ;)

By default /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf defines : LOGFILE=/var/log/messages

After I edited /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf I replaced LOGFILE=/var/log/messages by /var/log/syslog
Now on Webmin I can see the dump :)

Thank you very much :)

[ilia (ilia)]

The bug is still present in 16.06 xenial, shorewall-5.0.4-1 package. The patch is really easy, please integrate.

[BCSharp (bcsharp)]

The bug is still present in 18.06 LTS bionic, shorewall- 5.1.12.2-1 package. The patch is really easy, why is it taking so long to integrate?

[Kyle J. McKeown (drift91)]

It's currently 2024 and this still has not been fixed. This has been broken for over a decade, why?