implemented and working as expected. I did add logging to each file using the handy command ‘logger’ so that i can check in my log files when the automated restarts happen.

eg.: logger [ShorewallRestarter] Shorewall has been flagged for restart.

if you using syslog-ng and setup filters for shorewall (like i did) those log entries end up in the shorewall log file i created.

thanks again for the scripts !