Re: [Shorewall-users] ERROR: Unknown Host (All hosts) : /usr/share/shorewall/macro.Any macro or rule

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Jose Manuel Colon <js...@gm...>
> Hi. I set, for example, a rule with a host server:
> 
> Macro.http accept fw net:www.google.es
> 
> I restart shorewall and it works, but when i stop the firewall for
> disabling Internet (for any reason), and i want start the firewall it
> says:
> 
> Failed to start firewall : 
...
> Compiling /etc/shorewall/rules...
>    ERROR: Unknown Host (www.google.es) : /usr/share/shorewall/macro.HTTP

Read and understand

http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#dnsnames

If you still think that placing DNS names in your Shorewall configuration is a good idea, then you will need to adjust your /etc/shorewall/routestopped file and/or the setting of ADMINISABSENTMINDED in shorewall.conf so that DNS name resolution works when the firewall is stopped.