Bug 1181504

Summary: shorewall does not load very important helper modules
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Artur <arus>
Component: shorewallAssignee: Orion Poplawski <orion>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 21CC: jonathan.underwood, lnie, orion
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Fixed In Version: shorewall-4.6.6.2-3.fc21 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-03-10 00:54:57 UTC Type: Bug
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Output of "shorewall trace start" none

Description Artur 2015-01-13 10:24:54 UTC 
Description of problem:

Shorewall cannot find some (or even all?) helper modules, because it looks for *.ko files, but all modules in kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter directory are compressed, names end with .ko.xz. As a consequence some important modules, like nf_nat_ftp, a not being loaded at start. They a not loaded automatically at later time either.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

shorewall-4.6.5.3-1.fc21.noarch
shorewall-core-4.6.5.3-1.fc21.noarch

How reproducible:

Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install shorewall
2. turn off other solutions for controlling linux firewall
3. reboot or unload all helper modules
4. start shorewall
5. run lsmod | grep nf_nat_ftp

Actual results:

Empty output

Expected results:

nf_nat_ftp

Additional info:

Reporting it here, because I think it is distro specific, not a general problem with shorewall (specific patch is needed for Fedora).

Adding output of "shorewall trace start" as an attachment.
Comment 1 Artur 2015-01-13 10:29:22 UTC 
Created attachment 979539 [details]
Output of "shorewall trace start"
Comment 2 Fedora Admin XMLRPC Client 2015-01-25 14:44:02 UTC 
This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.
Comment 3 Orion Poplawski 2015-01-26 16:38:55 UTC 
Workaround is to set in shorewall.conf:

MODULE_SUFFIX=ko.xz

I'll try to get that see properly by default.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2015-02-24 17:50:33 UTC 
shorewall-4.6.6.2-2.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/shorewall-4.6.6.2-2.fc21
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-02-25 13:24:44 UTC 
Package shorewall-4.6.6.2-2.fc21:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing shorewall-4.6.6.2-2.fc21'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-2474/shorewall-4.6.6.2-2.fc21
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 6 lnie 2015-02-26 07:41:55 UTC 
shorewall-4.6.6.2-2.fc21 works
Comment 7 Artur 2015-02-26 07:59:55 UTC 
A little problem with shorewall6-4.6.6.2-2.fc21.noarch.rpm:

  Updating           : shorewall6-4.6.6.2-2.fc21.noarch                                                                                      3/6 
warning: /etc/shorewall6/shorewall6.conf created as /etc/shorewall6/shorewall6.conf.rpmnew
sed: can't read /etc/shorewall/shorewall6.conf: No such file or directory
warning: %post(shorewall6-4.6.6.2-2.fc21.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 2
Non-fatal POSTIN scriptlet failure in rpm package shorewall6-4.6.6.2-2.fc21.noarch

Shorewall6 should not touch /etc/shorewall directory.
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2015-02-27 09:25:33 UTC 
Package shorewall-4.6.6.2-3.fc21:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing shorewall-4.6.6.2-3.fc21'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-2474/shorewall-4.6.6.2-3.fc21
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 9 Artur 2015-02-27 16:18:41 UTC 
Seems to be OK now. Thank You.
Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2015-03-10 00:54:57 UTC 
shorewall-4.6.6.2-3.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.