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Bug 2123859

Summary: when firewalld.service is masked, firewall role fails
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Reporter: Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Component: rhel-system-rolesAssignee: Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Jakub Haruda <jharuda>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact: David Voženílek <dvozenil>
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 9.1CC: djez, fhanzelk, jharuda, jhutar, lmanasko, spetrosi, vdanek, vpunj
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Triaged
Target Release: 9.3Flags: pm-rhel: mirror+
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: Unspecified   
Whiteboard: role:firewall
Fixed In Version: rhel-system-roles-1.22.0-0.16.el9 Doc Type: Known Issue
Doc Text:
.If `firewalld.service` is masked, using the `firewall` RHEL System Role fails If `firewalld.service` is masked on a RHEL system, the `firewall` RHEL System Role fails. To work around this problem, unmask the `firewalld.service`: ---- systemctl unmask firewalld.service ----
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: 2222808 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2023-11-07 08:29:32 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Blocks: 2222808    

Description Rich Megginson 2022-09-02 19:26:53 UTC
Description of problem:
In one lab from where I'm taking systems from time to time they provide RHEL8 systems with firewalld.service masked by default. Running firewall role on them fails.

# systemctl status firewalld

● firewalld.service

   Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit firewalld.service is masked.)

   Active: inactive (dead)

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Expected results:

Given firewall role decided to use firewalld as a provider, it should be able to handle this situation.

Additional info:

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2023-11-07 08:29:32 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (rhel-system-roles bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2023:6390

Comment 17 Red Hat Bugzilla 2024-03-07 04:25:13 UTC
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 120 days