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Is it possible to delete the default zones in Firewalld, and if not, why? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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If you try to remove one of the predefined zones from Firewalld, e.g. public, you encounter the following error:

Error: BUILTIN_ZONE: 'public' is built-in zone

I don't like that Firewalld is bloated with all of these built in zones that I will never use. I want to get rid of them, but, from what I've been able to find, it appears non-trivial to do so.

EDIT (2024-01-27T01:55Z):

I came across this GitHub issue. So it appears that this is a known "issue", and it could potentially be changed in the future, albeit probably far in the future. It is a very strange initial design choice, though, in my opinion.

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[–] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Because the people that wrote it decided to make it that way. If you don't like it, just remove firewalld and manage your iptables/nftables directly

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 2 points 9 months ago

This is what I do.

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 0 points 9 months ago

Because the people that wrote it decided to make it that way.

Sure, but it still feels like a strange design decision.

If you don’t like it, just remove firewalld and manage your iptables/nftables directly

This is essentially what I ended up doing.