Firewalld - firewall-cmd - allow or deny a protocol

by
Jeremy Canfield |
Updated: April 26 2022
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If you are not familar with firewalld and the firewall-cmd, check out our Getting Started article.
The --add-port=port_number/protocol option can be used to allow connections to a protocol.
firewall-cmd --add-protocol=smb2 --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload
Or --remove-port=port_number/protocol to remove a protocol
firewall-cmd --remove-protocol=smb --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload
The --check-config command can be used to ensure there are no configuration errors.
~]$ firewall-cmd --check-config
success
firewall-cmd --list-all will show the allowed protocol.
~]# firewall-cmd --list-all
public
target: default
icmp-block-inversion: no
interfaces: eth0
sources:
services:
ports:
protocols: smb2
masquerade: no
forward-ports:
sourceports:
icmp-blocks:
rich rules:
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