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5.5. Stopping firewalld

To stop firewalld, enter the following command as root: 
~]# systemctl stop firewalld
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To prevent firewalld from starting automatically at system start, enter the following command as root: 
~]# systemctl disable firewalld
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To make sure firewalld is not started by accessing the firewalld D-Bus interface and also if other services require firewalld, enter the following command as root: 
~]# systemctl mask firewalld
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