B.27. Lab B.27: Enable openSUSE Firewall

This lab requires a workstation running openSUSE and KDE.

You can start and configure the firewall in openSUSE by following these steps:

  1. Click the launcher on the desktop and choose Applications.

  2. Choose System.

  3. Choose Administrator Settings. This choice starts YaST2.

  4. Choose Security and Users.

  5. Choose Firewall. The Firewall Configuration dialog box appears.

  6. Choose Enable Firewall Automatic Starting. If the firewall is not currently running, click Start Firewall Now (if the firewall is running, this option will be grayed out and you will not be able to click it).

  7. Click Next to see the summary screen.

  8. Click Finish to exit the firewall configuration.

  9. Exit YaST2.

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