Firewall Shortcuts

If for some reason everything you've done up to now can't cut through the firewall for browsing your windows network, or for one reason or another you want the ability to quickly stop and start the firewall, read on.

I like the extra security of the Suse firewall so I made myself a couple of shortcuts that allow me to quickly disable the firewall, browse the network (or whatever), then restart the firewall.

Right-click on the desktop and choose Create New > Link to Application.

Label it Start Firewall. Clicking the picture next to the box will allow you to choose an icon.

Click the Application tab. In the Command: box enter /sbin/SuSEfirewall2 start EXACTLY as it is here. Copy and paste this text if necessary.

Now click on the Advanced Options button. Check Run as different user and in the Username box type root. Click OK when finished.

This time repeat the steps above but label the icon Stop Firewall.

If you like, here is the icon I made for it (save it to your home directory then browse to it to add it).

In the Command: box enter /sbin/SuSEfirewall2 stop EXACTLY as it is here. Copy and paste this text if necessary.

Now click on the Advanced Options button. Check Run as different user and in the Username box type root. Click OK when finished.

What it looks like on my desktop.

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