Firewalld not starting on boot - set to start On Boot in YaST Services Manager

arvidjaar · March 10, 2023, 5:58pm

Yes with portmaster.service. Portmaster is also a firewall.

Mar 10 12:05:27 SimorghSUSE systemd[1]: portmaster.service: Installed new job portmaster.service/start as 284

github.com

safing/portmaster-packaging/blob/e262df4261a09372547c1795d9c5bdabafe815c4/linux/portmaster.service#L8


      
          [Unit]
          Description=Portmaster by Safing
          Documentation=https://safing.io
          Documentation=https://docs.safing.io
          Before=nss-lookup.target network.target shutdown.target
          After=systemd-networkd.service
          Conflicts=shutdown.target
          Conflicts=firewalld.service
          Wants=nss-lookup.target
          
          [Service]
          Type=simple
          Restart=on-failure
          RestartSec=10
          LockPersonality=yes
          MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes
          NoNewPrivileges=yes
          PrivateTmp=yes

You cannot have two firewalls active at the same time. It is non-deterministic which one of two conflicting units will be left for activating on startup. It is up to you to decide what you will be using.

simorgh · March 10, 2023, 6:01pm

By uninstalling/removing portmaster, would it solve the problem, or is there a work around?

Thank you

arvidjaar · March 10, 2023, 6:04pm

I am not sure I even understand the question. Workaround for what? You installed this software, so presumably you want to use it. Or what you are asking?

simorgh · March 10, 2023, 6:07pm

To have both working. But I can uninstall portmaster, because if causes problem, or until I figure how to run both.
I appreciate your time and help. At least I know now what the culprit is.

Greatly appreciated

simorgh · March 10, 2023, 6:28pm

So I ended up disabling portmaster.service so at least it doesn’t interfere with firewalld.
Thank you for your help @arvidjaar