Joerg Mertin wrote: > On Wednesday 06 August 2003 08:42, Alex Fisher wrote: >> Rolf Pedersen wrote: > [...] >> Actually, the problem is almost certainly in Shorewall. I had a similar >> problem, which started straight after I tried to confugute Connection >> Sharing. That involved the installation of Shorewall, which up till then >> I had not installed. Whereas previously I'd had no problems accessing the >> Internet, after installing Shorewall I got nothing (zero, nada, >> zilch...). I tracked it down eventually to the fact that Shorewall was >> installed but not running. > > If shorewall is shut down - it by default shuts down everything except > what is meant to be open. Don't know the name of the config-module anymore
The rule is "routestopped" IIUIC... It doesn't always work properly, as I've tried adding the IP numbers and hostnames of my two machines to that rule. Stop Shorewall, and even those hosts in the list are blocked. It is indeed a PITA to set up. I've found the Webmin interface to be the easiest and best I've used so far.... > ;) Sorry. This is the pessimistic approach - which is IMHO correct. > So - to get it to work - install Shorewall correctly - and activate it - > and it will work. > -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia
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