Information about the package, system-config-firewall, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The system-config-firewall package is designed for, A graphical interface for basic firewall setup.
Package Name:
system-config-firewall
Summary:
A graphical interface for basic firewall setup
Description:
system-config-firewall is a graphical user interface for basic firewall setup.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.2.27
Release:
7.2.el6_6
Size:
119 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the system-config-firewall package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install system-config-firewall
This command will install system-config-firewall on the server.
yum remove system-config-firewall
This command will un-install system-config-firewall on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove system-config-firewall, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove system-config-firewall
This command will un-install system-config-firewall on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove system-config-firewall when using the -y flag.
yum update system-config-firewall
This command will update system-config-firewall to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove system-config-firewall, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update system-config-firewall
This command will update system-config-firewall to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove system-config-firewall when using the -y flag.
yum info system-config-firewall
This command will show you core information about the system-config-firewall package.
yum deplist system-config-firewall
This command will show you the dependencies for system-config-firewall. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update system-config-firewall
This command will check if there is an update waiting on system-config-firewall. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.