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I am having a problem with the ufw firewall. When I enable it, as the root user:
ufw enable
Firewall is active and enabled at system startupSo far, so good. At this point the contents of /etc/ufw/ufw.conf are:
# /etc/ufw/ufw.conf
#
# Set to yes to start on boot. If setting this remotely, be sure to add a rule
# to allow your remote connection before starting ufw. Eg: 'ufw allow 22/tcp'
ENABLED=yes
# Please use the 'ufw' command to set the loglevel. Eg: 'ufw logging medium'.
# See 'man ufw' for details.
LOGLEVEL=lowNo obvious problem there.
However, after a reboot, or a cold start:
ufw status
Status: inactiveThis was not expected. On any other distro I have used, the firewall remained active after a reboot.
Is there anything else I need to add to ufw.conf? Or anything else to configure to make the firewall start automatically on system startup?
Last edited by alpage2 (2022-06-21 07:21:12)
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The archwiki has a fairly comprehensive page on ufw.
It says for example that you need to systemctl start ufw.service to expect it to be started by systemd at boot.
Architecture: pentium4, Testing repos: Yes, Hardware: EeePC 901+2GB RAM+OS half on the SD card.
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levi - many thanks for that - it got me there.
systemctl start ufw.servicestarted the firewall, but after a reboot, it was again inactive.
I then gave it:
systemctl enable ufwto enable it at boot time, and now it starts at boot time, as intended.
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Sorry, yes, my typo. systemctl enable is what you want for anything starting at boot. Luckily the wiki page is already correct.
Architecture: pentium4, Testing repos: Yes, Hardware: EeePC 901+2GB RAM+OS half on the SD card.
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