The firewall is always off at start up!! Is there a way to keep it always on at start up so I do not have to keep doing it??

cousinlucky wrote:The firewall is always off at start up!! Is there a way to keep it always on at start up so I do not have to keep doing it??

are you sure __{{emoticon}}__

if you are checking by looking at the gui in the control center, the gui does not update until you select the"unlock" switch. On my system, the firewall stays enabled between reboots, but this is not reflected in the gui until you unlock the interface.

I have to" unlock" the firewall in the control center to turn in on! Is there a way to set it so that is always on??

cousinlucky wrote:I have to" unlock" the firewall in the control center to turn in on! Is there a way to set it so that is always on??

This is a common misperception. The gufw gui has a lock feature. The gui doesn't show the status until.you unlock the interface. It's a silly and confusing feature but I can confirm that the firewall settings do survive a reboot.

see attached screenshot. note the gufw interface is locked, but the firewall is still active (terminal info). this is after a reboot.

Thanks Dolphin!! My sudo ufw status reads:

Status: active

To Action From
-- ------ ----
51413/tcp ALLOW OUT Anywhere
51413/udp ALLOW OUT Anywhere
51413/tcp ALLOW OUT Anywhere (v6)
51413/udp ALLOW OUT Anywhere (v6)

While the control panel still reads off. It is confusing!! Thanks Again!!

I have re-installed Antix 16 with the ethernet unplugged from my computer!! The firewall now reads as yours does and the personal menu works fine!! Either my cable company or the spammers and hackers that I have had problems with got to me!!

cousinlucky wrote:Either my cable company or the spammers and hackers that I have had problems with got to me!!

On the live system you could try the"pw" cheat or the"private" cheat. They do the same thing. They will give you a chance to set the root and demo passwords early in the boot process before networking is brought up. IMO the well-known default passwords we use are a security hole. Picking new passwords may make a big difference. You can also edit (as root) the file /live/boot-dev/antiX/state/general-state-files and comment these four lines to have the passwords you typed in saved across reboots:

# /etc/passwd
# /etc/shadow
# /etc/group
# /etc/gshadow