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[SOLVED] Firewall turning self off

msrmf

Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:52:36 am

Just noticed firewall is turned off could not get it come on (no response when clicking it) what do I need to do? Is 6.4 LTS core.

msrmf

Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:57:11 am

After several tries responded could turn on, shouldn't it have been on by default?

Wolfman

Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:59:59 am

Hi,

did you check in Startup Applications to see if it shows in the startup list?.

Regards Wolfman :D

msrmf

Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:07:20 am

I will do that now, I checked it after last post and it had turned itself off again tuned it on and again it's off now.

msrmf

Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:23:03 am

Keeps going off soon as I authenticate is turns on, after I close go back it's off. On bottom where you add or remove rules I have nothing clicking + says preconfigured above is incoming-deny/ outgoing-allow do I need to change anything?

Wolfman

Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:30:06 am

Hi,

to be honest, I never even give it a 2nd thought, you can check out this page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/firewall.html

Regards Wolfman :D

msrmf

Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:42:51 am

Yeah the kind of thing you assume is working, I was going to remove it then download again but seems it's a known problem. Clicked on online help was sent here. https://answers.launchpad.net/gui-ufw/+question/235743

msrmf

Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:56:19 am

Looks like installing update will fix it, anyone which one I use? https://launchpad.net/gui-ufw

blfriis

Fri Oct 11, 2013 10:55:21 am

Try this in terminal to see the status
Code:
sudo ufw status
and push Enter

to enable firewall
Code:
sudo ufw enable


to disable firewall
Code:
sudo ufw disable

msrmf

Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:24:15 pm

Thanks for replies installed version 13.10 stays on now, has screen explaining settings as well.

matrix0027

Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:29:20 pm

I at one point thought the same was happening to me but after doing some research realized that the firewall is not going off. The gui version just shows a faded out window showing the status as off until you authenticate. This is just a default screen and does not represent the state of your firewall. This can be verified by accessing the terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + t

and then copy and paste the following command in to the terminal and press enter:

Code:
sudo ufw status


then enter your password and press enter.

You will see that the firewall is indeed on even though the gui shows it to be off until you authenticate. I noticed this in Zorin 6 and 7 Core/Ultimate