I've looked at this issue again in reference to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=990834 and while I still cannot reproduce, I plan to change to the following (I won't ship the commented out lines of course):
[Unit] Description=Uncomplicated firewall Documentation=man:ufw(8) #DefaultDependencies=no #Before=network.target Before=network-pre.target Wants=network-pre.target [Service] Type=oneshot RemainAfterExit=yes ExecStart=/lib/ufw/ufw-init start quiet ExecStop=/lib/ufw/ufw-init stop [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target This removes DefaultDependencies=no so that 'sysinit' will be pulled in and changes the single 'Before=network.target' to instead have Before=network-pre.target and Wants=network-pre.target. This won't help people who have different firewall software installed (like some of the comments), but should make startup more robust (eg, for those needing something from sysinit) while still allowing it to come up before the network. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #990834 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=990834 -- 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/1726856 Title: ufw does not start automatically at boot Status in ufw: Invalid Status in ufw package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in ufw source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in ufw source package in Bionic: Invalid Status in ufw source package in Cosmic: Invalid Status in ufw source package in Disco: Invalid Bug description: Whenever I boot into 17.10 ufw is always inactive, even though /etc/ufw/ufw.conf has this: # Set to yes to start on boot. If setting this remotely, be sure to add a rule # to allow your remote connection before starting ufw. Eg: 'ufw allow 22/tcp' ENABLED=yes ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: ufw 0.35-5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Oct 24 13:56:40 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-01 (936 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ufw UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to artful on 2017-10-24 (0 days ago) mtime.conffile..etc.default.ufw: 2015-06-17T22:01:02.089170 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ufw/+bug/1726856/+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
