topic title: Auto start firewall
Posts: 16
lobo
Joined: 17 Aug 2013
#1
I've been trying to get firestarter to auto start but I don't have the rights. I have to always start it as root. I tried to give myself rights with chmod, but to no avail.
Alanarchy
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Alanarchy
#2
This could be a silly question, but seeing as antix comes with Gufw

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Open Control Centre-→ Network-→ Manage Firewall
have you ensured that Gufw is not running before trying to run Firestarter?
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lobo
Joined: 17 Aug 2013
#3
Thanks Alanarchy, butGufw is the same thing. I have to use my root password to start it. I'd like to have start on bootup. It's not a necessity, just handier.
Alanarchy
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Alanarchy
#4
Yes, they're both just front ends to IP Tables, which is why I asked, cos once you've switched it on, it's supposed to stay on, even after a reboot. I was thinking maybe Firestarter was switching it on and Gufw was switching it off again. You're gonna have to wait for an expert to show up.
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#5
@lobo
You have not mentioned which version of antiX nor which kernel you are using so the following may turn out to be irrelevant. Superficially, the symptoms appear similar to this report made for antiX-12.
what-is-the-correct-way-to-start-ufw-t3976.html
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lobo
Joined: 17 Aug 2013
#6
I'm running antiX-13, kernel 3.7.10-antix.3-486.
I tried editing the / etc/ufw/ufw.conf. file sugested in the link, but it didn't work. Is there some other file that shoud be edited?
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lobo
Joined: 17 Aug 2013
#7
lobo wrote:I'm running antiX-13, kernel 3.7.10-antix.3-486.
I tried editing the / etc/ufw/ufw.conf. file sugested in the link, but it didn't work. Is there some other file that shoud be edited?
Firestarter tries to start in the bootup sequence but it says"failed to start". I'm thinking this is because of a rights issue.
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SamK
Joined: 21 Aug 2011
#8
lobo wrote:Firestarter tries to start in the bootup sequence but it says"failed to start". I'm thinking this is because of a rights issue.
Have you visited the Firestarter web site?
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.fs-security.com/"
linktext was:"http://www.fs-security.com/"
====================================


From the information there is seems that the behaviour you report is not an antiX specific matter. It is a known condition of Firestarter. The site does give some guidance about the matter which might (or might not) work for you.


Delving a little deeper it seems that Firestarter is no longer maintained. From the links on the web site, the last release was in 2005. Since then various bugs have been reported to Debian bug tracking. None have been resolved. Reading the description of Firestarter available in the Debian Stable (Wheezy) repo shows the following:

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apt-cache show firestarter
[...]
Firestarter is no longer developed and is missing some critical
features such as IPv6 support, so users may be advised to look
into more modern alternatives such as gufw.
[...]
Gufw is shipped with antiX-13, and can be successfully started during boot up.
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lobo
Joined: 17 Aug 2013
#9
Thank Sam, I'll just work on Gufw. I'll do some reading up on it. See how to get it on boot up. Will post back if I need help.
Thanks to all those who help out with us less knowledgable.