= Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) =

=== Q: My /var/log/messages (or other log) is flooded with firewall messages. Can i make sure the firewall logs go into their own logfile like /var/log/firewall? ===

A: Yes, this can be done. Please look at the detailed instructions in the Logging section of the Vuurmuur Manual.

=== Q: I installed from source or Autopackage and Vuurmuur doesn't start on boot. Whats wrong? ===

A: Different Linux distributions handle the bootprocess in different ways. Therefore it is very hard to setup Vuurmuur to start on boot from the installer/autopackage. So you will have to do this manually. An example initscript is provided in /usr/share/vuurmuur/scripts/. Edit the script to reflect the path you installed Vuurmuur and then copy it to /etc/init.d/vuurmuur. Then you have register it to the bootprocess. Redhat/Fedora uses chkconfig, Debian update-rc.d and Gentoo rc-update... check the manual of your distro for details on how to register it.

=== Q: On my system the console is flooded with log messages. How can i fix this? ===

A: See this link: http://lists.samba.org/archive/linux/2002-January/001726.html [[BR]]
For debian (unstable) systems, you can just edit /etc/sysctl.conf and uncomment the line
{{{
#kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7
}}}
and then reload the new value by using the `sysctl -p` command.

=== Q: Vuurmuur fails to start up with message: Error: checking for iptables-capabilities failed. Please see error.log. ===

First, make sure you have proper iptables support in you kernel or modules. This means conntrack and iptables support. If you are sure that you have, there is a setting to try. In vuurmuur_conf, go to 'Vuurmuur Config -> Modules'. There, set the 'waittime after loading a module' to 10. Then retry starting Vuurmuur.

=== Q: Before upgrading Vuurmuur, do i need to uninstall the old version first? ===

A: Before upgrading Vuurmuur to a new version you don't need to uninstall Vuurmuur first, as long as you keep the installation paths the same. If you use the --defaults option, you are ok.

=== Q: When i install from source, i get the following errror: "checking dependency style of gcc... gcc configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh ./config.sub make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1" ===

A: Make sure that you have libtool installed, and try again.

=== Q: How do i remove the Vuurmuur Autopackage from my system? ===

A: Run (as root) the following command: 'package remove Vuurmuur'. This will uninstall Vuurmuur but it leaves your configuration on the system. This will have to removed manually.

=== Q: NFS mounts are hung when the system boots, how do I fix this? ===

A: Make sure your `netfs` service starts after `vuurmuur`. For example, on !RedHat/CentOS you can do this by renaming the startup script `/etc/rc3.d/S25netfs` to `/etc/rc3.d/S92netfs`. Since these scripts are loaded alphabetically, renaming it should place it after the `S91vuurmuur` script.