Hi,

I do not see why the converter does not take care of the removal. That would only be one place.

But I will merge this if you want me to.

-Michael

> On 18 Mar 2019, at 19:04, Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
>> Almost?
> 
> As long as the files are present, the settings will be converted. May
> in special cases if a user does something really weird may the
> converter will fail, but in this case I think it even would be better
> start a new clean IPS configuration.
> 
>> 
>> How is this directory removed when a backup was restored?
>> 
> 
> By the backup.pl script. It checks if after the backup a snort settings
> dir (/var/ipfire/snort) exists, launches the converter and afterwards
> deletes the directory.
> 
> See:
> 
> https://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=commit;h=8c27372438dd267648cba48b86d85a594f14be1c
> 
>> -Michael
>> 
>>> On 18 Mar 2019, at 18:56, Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org
>>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Michael,
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> What happens when the converter has failed? Is that a
>>>> possibility?
>>> 
>>> There is almost no risk, that this would be happened.
>>> 
>>> It contains checks if all corresponding files are present and will
>>> contain the settings from them - I do not see a case where any
>>> problems
>>> can be happen.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> -Stefan
>>> 
>>>> -Michael
>>>> 
>>>>> On 18 Mar 2019, at 18:46, Stefan Schantl <
>>>>> stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> When all settings have been converted, the files and directory
>>>>> are
>>>>> not
>>>>> needed anymore.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If they will be left and at a later time an backup will be
>>>>> restored, the
>>>>> converter will be started by the backup script again and would
>>>>> be
>>>>> restore those
>>>>> old snort settings and replace the current IPS settings.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Schantl <stefan.schantl(a)ipfire.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> config/rootfiles/core/130/update.sh | 3 +++
>>>>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>>> 
>>>>> diff --git a/config/rootfiles/core/130/update.sh
>>>>> b/config/rootfiles/core/130/update.sh
>>>>> index d33321c32..f3dc0d85a 100644
>>>>> --- a/config/rootfiles/core/130/update.sh
>>>>> +++ b/config/rootfiles/core/130/update.sh
>>>>> @@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ ldconfig
>>>>> # Migrate snort configuration to suricata
>>>>> /usr/sbin/convert-snort
>>>>> 
>>>>> +# Remove snort settings
>>>>> +rm -rvf /var/ipfire/snort
>>>>> +
>>>>> # Start services
>>>>> /etc/init.d/collectd restart
>>>>> /etc/init.d/firewall restart
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> 2.20.1
>>>>>