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After I start Shorewall, ps doesn show any shorewall process running. What is the Shorewall daemon called?

April 26, 2017called daemon process Ps running Shorewall

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After I start Shorewall, ps doesn show any shorewall process running. What is the Shorewall daemon called?

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Shorewall is not a daemon. It is a configuration tool that configures your kernel based on the contents of /etc/shorewall/. Once the start command completes, Shorewall has done its job and there are no Shorewall processes remaining in the system.