https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=259304 locilka@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group|SUSE Enterprise Partner | Severity|Major |Enhancement Status|REOPENED |ASSIGNED Component|YaST2 |YaST2 OS/Version|SLES 10 |Other Product|SUSE Linux Enterprise Server|openSUSE 10.3 |10 SP1 | Platform|IA64 |All Version|Beta6 |unspecified ------- Comment #4 from locilka@novell.com 2007-04-03 07:29 MST ------- As I can see, the current behavior cannot be understood well despite having the summary about enabling/starting the service. The current solution: Enable / Start firewall vs. Disable / Stop firewall. If user enables the firewall (when booting) it's also started after writing the configuration. Disabling (manually) also stops the firewall after the configuration is written. The behavior is better than was because of undefined states (explained later). Moreover, the current behavior cannot be changed for SP1 as we are in RC phase. Manual starting/stopping expects calling `rcSuSEfirewall2 stop/start`. Moving to the openSUSE 10.3 (+ SLE 11). The firewall service has (at least) two aspects that need to be considered. That's why we have (at least) four possible initial states. Firewall is enabled: yes/no (when booting/manually) Firewall is started: yes/no (running/not running) Additionally, the firewall state can be changed by user when configuring: Firewall is enabled: changed from yes to no and vice versa Firewall is started: can be started or stopped manually Almost everything is simply solvable but one issue: disabling the firewall (changing from 'when booting' to 'manually'). According to some users, in this case, firewall should be stopped after writing the configuration. On the other hand a quite big group of users thinks that if such change is made, manually means: do not touch it, I'll start/stop it by myself manually (as it was selected). The current solution simplifies getting rid of such problems by writing that summary line about starting or stopping the firewall. Simplicity is more important than the fact that some expert users might have problems with it however they just need to read. I'll explain more about a new solution (and current problems) in the very next comment. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.