Ufw not working!

[0011235813]

Hello forum,
I am using one of my computers that run Ubuntu, and I've found that the firewall won't start!
When I use:

 sudo ufw enable

I get the following:

Error: problem running ufw-init

does anyone know what might be wrong?

[Dangertux]

Are you using or were ypu using firestarter. Installing firestarter can someetimes break the init script for ufw.

Try using

sudo apt-get remove --purge ufw && sudo apt-get install ufw

To replace the script

[0011235813]

Are you using or were ypu using firestarter. Installing firestarter can someetimes break the init script for ufw.

Try using

sudo apt-get remove --purge ufw && sudo apt-get install ufw

To replace the script

That fixed it, thanks. It wasn't firestarter, but it was a graphical firewall program called "firewall configuration". I guess I should stick to command line and ignore these fancy but little known GUI programs

[kevdog]

Please mark thread as solved -- Thanks.

[0011235813]

The issue seems to have sprung up yet again and I've had to run the command... Weird. I guess I should check my firewall status more regularly, especially after updates.

[kevdog]

Get rid of ufw and just use iptables directly -- that would be my advice. Its not really that much different to configure.