csf status same regardless on or off

Hello. All over the internet the wisdom to determine if csf is on or off is to run the command: service csf status Yet, if I first bring down csf with csf -x and then run that command, I see:

service csf status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status csf.service
? csf.service - ConfigServer Firewall & Security - csf
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/csf.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: active (exited) since Tue 2021-06-08 10:09:55 EDT; 14h ago
  Process: 891 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/csf --initup (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 891 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   CGroup: /system.slice/csf.service
Jun 08 10:09:48 xxxxxx.com systemd[1]: Starting ConfigServer Firewall & Security - csf...
Jun 08 10:09:55 xxxxxx.com systemd[1]: Started ConfigServer Firewall & Security - csf.
Jun 08 10:09:55 xxxxxx.com csf[891]: (restoring ipsets) (restoring iptables) (restoring ip6tables)

which is the exact output I get if I enable and run the same command. . .

quietFinn

June 09, 2021 05:53

AFAIK command csf -l tells you if csf is on or off (actually if it's enabled or disabled).

HostNoc

June 09, 2021 12:34

Hi Yo can disable csf using following command csf -x and then check that status of CSf through csf -l

cPJustinD

June 09, 2021 13:28

Hello ! It looks like this occurs as csf -x doesn't fully disable the service but rather disable it in a manner where its IP table configurations no longer take effect. I did, however, find the following commands that may help: [QUOTE] 6. List/Show the IPv4 iptables configuration csf -l Or csf --status 7. List/Show the IPv6 ip6tables configuration csf -l6 Or csf --status6
I hope that this helps! If you have any other questions or concerns, please let us know!

jeffschips

June 09, 2021 14:33

SOLVED: Thanks everyone! That solved the issue. Never would have found that without the excellent input from forum members! Everyone have a great day!

It was our pleasure! I'll go ahead mark this forum as Solved. Thank you for choosing cPanel!

June 13, 2021 22:27

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csf status same regardless on or off

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