Re: firewalld this doesn't seem right....
On 30 September 2012 23:09, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko(a)greshko.com> wrote:
I just started playing around with firewalld and I found something
that doesn't seem right to me.
If any user starts firewall-applet and then selects "Block all network traffic"
it will do as asked without any prompt for root's password or any other
authentication.
This seems crazy to me.
Does the opposite work? Can the person turn off the firewall?
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