VPN kill switch

[ubportsuser]

Hi good people of ubports!

I have a question regarding vpn kill switch. I run 2 scripts with a set of commands as follows:

i use the below commands before connecting to my VPN

sudo ufw reset
sudo ufw deny incoming
sudo ufw deny forward
sudo ufw allow outgoing
sudo ufw enable

And is in a file called unfirewall.sh

I use the below commands after connecting to the vpn so that there is no leak.

sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw default deny forward
sudo ufw default deny outgoing
sudo ufw allow out on tun0 from any to any
sudo ufw enable

And this is in a file called ./firewall.sh

I run ./unfirewall.sh from the terminal, connect to the vpn and run ./firewall.sh from the terminal again. My question is, is there a way to make an executable icon called "on" (for ./firewall.sh) and "off" (for ./unfirewall.sh) and put it in the app drawer so that i dont have to use the terminal to do it every time my vpn disconnects?

[davedanger]

@ubportsuser how do you keep the script running after you close the terminal?

[ubportsuser]

@davedanger I open the terminal> execute ./unfirewall.sh > connect to vpn via GUI> use ./firewall.sh> and then close the terminal. ufw doesnt require the terminal to be open after the commamds have been executed. Both .sh files are inside the home directory.

i saw your post "Auto Execute Startup Scripts" just now. Here the terminal doesnt need to be kept open. Although I do get the following warnings

WARN: /etc is group writable!
WARN: / is world writable!
WARN: / is group writable!
WARN: /lib is world writable!
WARN: /lib is group writable!
WARN: /usr is world writable!
WARN: /usr is group writable!

And my ufw was enabled by default since the fist installation (OTA-19). Although in my ut tweak tools, "make image writable" can be set to read-only.

[Luksus]

@ubportsuser
you can create *.desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications with content like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Firewall ON
Exec=sh /home/phablet/firewall.sh
Icon=

And make it executale.
But I don't know, how to workaround the sudo command. This won't work that way...

@davedanger
If you need to keep Terminal working in background, you can use the app "UT Tweak Tool" and prevent specific apps from going to sleep.

[davedanger]

@luksus @ubportsuser I'm a big fan of the UT Tweaks Tool, it's very handy. I've just been trying to find a way to execute scripts and keep them running without having to keep the terminal open.