Hi. I have a problem with the unix firewall (gufw)
I'm using Linux Mint Debian Edition.

The problem appears when I double click on the icon to bring it up for configuring.
Everything is grayed out so I click on the "unlock" button.

Normally, this is when gufw comes alive with color.

But all I get now is a note on the bottom of the gray screen that says "Wrong Identification". Uninstalling and reinstalling UFW and GUFW didn't fix the problem.

I would like to have my firewall working for me. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Maybe run from terminal as root ?

su -
pasword
gufw

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thanks for the help!

it worked, i just signed in as superuser and ran 'gufw' and it allowed me to open it up.

take care

Cool

i also keep getting the wrong identification error message when i try to unlock gufw. I tried: sudo get pasword gufw

But when i typed gufw, i got this, but do not fully understand or know what would be next step, i am new at this.
running antiX full on lenovo y430. -Thank you

(gufw.py:12692): dbind-WARNING **: 11:58:32.449: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files
/usr/share/gufw/gufw/view/guiGufw.py:23: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
from gi.repository import Gtk, Gdk, GLib
/usr/share/gufw/gufw/view/guiGufw.py:25: PyGIWarning: Polkit was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Polkit', '1.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
from gi.repository import Polkit