[Touch-packages] [Bug 1660040] Re: old-fashioned ufw structure reduces usability
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 910324 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910324 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 910324 Add directory support for before.rules and after.rules -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ufw in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1660040 Title: old-fashioned ufw structure reduces usability Status in ufw package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi, ufw makes it difficult to deploy firewall rules through management systems like puppet, ansible or other scripts. ufw has three points where to put rules in: before.rules user.rules after.rules the ufw command accepts only a very limited sort of rules, and user.rules should not be used to deploy files, since user changes would be overwritten. before.rules and after.rules could easily be used for that purpose, but then the machine is cut from automated updates through apt, since apt refuses (for good reason) to replace modified files in /etc. It would be much better to have a directory like /etc/ufw/rules_v4.d , to put the old-fashioned three files into 20_before, 50_user and 70_after, and to execute all rules in this directory, thus allowing to have additional rules in separate files. regards ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ufw 0.35-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Sat Jan 28 16:21:02 2017 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ufw UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-06 (297 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ufw/+bug/1660040/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Touch-packages] [Bug 1660040] Re: old-fashioned ufw structure reduces usability
** Changed in: ufw (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to ufw in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1660040 Title: old-fashioned ufw structure reduces usability Status in ufw package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi, ufw makes it difficult to deploy firewall rules through management systems like puppet, ansible or other scripts. ufw has three points where to put rules in: before.rules user.rules after.rules the ufw command accepts only a very limited sort of rules, and user.rules should not be used to deploy files, since user changes would be overwritten. before.rules and after.rules could easily be used for that purpose, but then the machine is cut from automated updates through apt, since apt refuses (for good reason) to replace modified files in /etc. It would be much better to have a directory like /etc/ufw/rules_v4.d , to put the old-fashioned three files into 20_before, 50_user and 70_after, and to execute all rules in this directory, thus allowing to have additional rules in separate files. regards ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ufw 0.35-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-59.80-generic 4.4.35 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-59-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: LXDE Date: Sat Jan 28 16:21:02 2017 PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ufw UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-06 (297 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ufw/+bug/1660040/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
