Linux-Setup Digest #454, Volume #19              Wed, 23 Aug 00 01:13:08 EDT

Contents:
  init.d (Michel Tremblay)
  Re: Redhat setup ("Rafael Zabar")
  SSSLLLOOOWWW sound? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Mounting CDROMs (Andrew Overholt)
  Setup woes..... garbled text ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Mounting CDROMs (exact error messages) (Andrew Overholt)
  MultiBoot Problem ("PhaSeR")
  Re: No eth0 device on Linux Server (Paul Kimoto)
  Re: $Display Variable? (Paul Kimoto)
  Re: SetSerial to IRQ 11 - setup? (TC)
  Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux.... (Christopher Browne)
  Firewall for Linux ("Jason Ng")
  Re: Need X11, Xt, Xmu, and Xaw libraries (Jason Valentine)
  Re: Firewall for Linux (MH)
  LILO: doesn't have a valid LILO signature (Wong Sai-kee)
  Re: SuSE 6.4: yast2 :-) - X :-( (MaryP)
  Re: Firewall for Linux ("Peter Cheung")
  Re: Firewall for Linux (Donald K Knepshield)
  Re: Do I Need a Firewall (Donald K Knepshield)
  Slackware 7.1 and Apache ("Michael Hamberg")

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From: Michel Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: init.d
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:15:45 -0400


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My script is "surv"
When copy my script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/surv
I don't look this service in the ntsysv(text mode menu tool - systeme
service)
my symbolique link its /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K97surv->init.d/surv
                                  /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S97surv->init.d/surv

when start Linux redhat 6.1 the script is not starting Why!
In the terminal i execute this script and its ok
         Example:   /etc/rc.d/init.d/surv start
         Reponse:  Service starting...                   [  OK  ]



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<HTML>
My script is "surv"
<BR>When copy my script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/surv
<BR>I don't look this service in the ntsysv(text mode menu tool - systeme
service)
<BR>my symbolique link its /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/K97surv->init.d/surv
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S97surv->init.d/surv

<P>when start Linux redhat 6.1 the script is not starting Why!
<BR>In the terminal i execute this script and its ok
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Example:&nbsp;&nbsp;
/etc/rc.d/init.d/surv start
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reponse:&nbsp; Service
starting...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
[&nbsp; <FONT COLOR="#009900">OK</FONT>&nbsp; ]
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From: "Rafael Zabar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat setup
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:01:16 +0700

I understand that the set-up is automatic.  Does that mean we have to login
to place this file?

Thanks for the help.

sylvain hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> go to:http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel810/agreeRPM3.htm
>
> Siva wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm a java developer and I want to setup linux in my computer. I had
> > installed redhat 6.1 last week. But I'm unable to configure the X.
> >
> > My card is not supported .
> >
> > My computer is a Compaq 7500 series with MV720 17 inch monitor. My
graphics
> > card is Intel 810.e chipset driver.
> >
> > Can anybody guide me how to configure the X.
> >
> >  Advance thanks for your help.
> >
> > krips
>



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SSSLLLOOOWWW sound?
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 01:26:02 GMT

I set up my machine and everything runs great (I think) except the sound is 
played too slowly (in pitch).  However, if I force 'play' to increase the 
rate it works fine.  
        play sound.wav -r2000    -----works OK
        play sound.wav              -----plays sloooooowly

Is it a setting I need to change somewhere?

CONFIG:
Pentium II dual boot
Mandrake Linux 5 with kde WM
matrox millenium g200agp  video / ES1869 audio

PS. CD music is fine.

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From: Andrew Overholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting CDROMs
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:33:14 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for the help.  What's exactly happening *now* is that I can't mount
either of my cd drives.  When I try to mount either (or put either in
/etc/fstab as below) I get an "Input/Output error" and that's it....any
suggestions?

hdc:  cdrw as SCSI scd0 I *thought*
hdd:  cdrom ... I *may* have written over /dev/hdd or /dev/cdrom or both - can
I get these from somewhere?  Are they dynamically created?

TIA,

Andrew

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Andrew Overholt wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have spent the last few hours trying in vain to fix my CD drive
> > problems.  The good new is that I got my CDRW drive to work with
> > IDE-SCSI stuff (from someone else's post here)!
> >
> > The bad news is that I can't get my other CD drive to mount anymore.
> > Following is my fstab file and when I try to mount my CDROM (hdd - a
> > Creative 48X), I get an Input/Output error.
> >
> > /etc/fstab:
> >
> > /dev/hda1 /windows vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> > /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > /dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> > /dev/hdd /cdrom auto user,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> I am not sure if you find the answer .... (this is nothing to do with
> fstab)
>
> I am doing the same thing and no problem at all ... if you give more info
> I am sure someone can help you ... even me if you give more info of what is
> going on ...
>
> Gabor
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Setup woes..... garbled text
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:37:01 GMT

I'm running slackware 7.1 (bigslack, it has preconfigured GNOME). I
setup all my video stuff in XF86Setup, and it said everything was fine.
So I typed startx, and GNOME started to load up. Everything looks
normal, the images are fine, the icons and their text are fine, but the
menus and window text look like barcodes, a bunch of thick and thin
unreadable lines.

I have an Ati Rage Magnum card, so I use the Ati Rage 128 (generic)
driver.

I tried several option for resolution and monitor type, but they didn't
fix the problem (although it can run in 640x480 and 800x600 fine except
for garbled text).

Anyone know how to fix this? Is xfree86 4.x better about this?

Thanks,

Tetrazome


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Before you buy.

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From: Andrew Overholt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting CDROMs (exact error messages)
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:55:52 GMT

Had to reboot to get the exact errors:

#mount /dev/hdd /cdrom

/dev/hdd: Input/output error
mount: block device /dev/hdd is write-protected, mounting read-only
/dev/hdd: Input/output error
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

#mount /dev/scd0 /cdrw

/dev/scd0: Input/output error
mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
/dev/scd0: Input/output error
mount: you must specify the filesystem type

#mount /dev/sr0 /cdrw

/dev/sr0: Input/output error
mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
/dev/sr0: Input/output error
mount: you must specify the filesystem type


[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Andrew Overholt wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have spent the last few hours trying in vain to fix my CD drive
> > problems.  The good new is that I got my CDRW drive to work with
> > IDE-SCSI stuff (from someone else's post here)!
> >
> > The bad news is that I can't get my other CD drive to mount anymore.
> > Following is my fstab file and when I try to mount my CDROM (hdd - a
> > Creative 48X), I get an Input/Output error.
> >
> > /etc/fstab:
> >
> > /dev/hda1 /windows vfat user,exec,conv=binary 0 0
> > /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
> > /dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto sync,user,noauto,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0
> > none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> > /dev/hdd /cdrom auto user,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> I am not sure if you find the answer .... (this is nothing to do with
> fstab)
>
> I am doing the same thing and no problem at all ... if you give more info
> I am sure someone can help you ... even me if you give more info of what is
> going on ...
>
> Gabor
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/


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From: "PhaSeR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MultiBoot Problem
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 22:52:37 -0400

It seems i have an weird problem here.
(Dual boot system using Mandrake 7.0 and WIN98)

After the PCI-probing
it does see my HD's etc,

then it supossed to load the init script but,at that point
the screen asks me "Enter Userlevel"
What ever user level i use here don't matter it just says:

Entering user level *
no more (something) to load.

then it hangs there...i can boot the comp up with :linux single and access
the 4rd level ...but from there i can only go root and 3rd level and nothing
else.I'm new to linux and so i don't really know where or what to look
for.Some peeps tole me there's something wront with the init files,but since
i'm new i have no clue what.

Btw i resinstalled linux about 3 times with different options and everytime
it will come up with this...any one have any ideas atall ?

thx in advance,
PhasEr



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: No eth0 device on Linux Server
Date: 22 Aug 2000 22:43:39 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Heck wrote:
> Paul Kimoto wrote:
>>   Read the pseudofile /proc/pci to see whether
>> the hardware is being seen by the kernel: the Digital "Tulip" cards should
>> refer to something like "DECchip 21140".  If so, make sure that the "tulip"
>> kernel module is loaded.

> I have checked the /proc/pci file and found that the kernel sees the 
> ethernet controller as SMC 1211TX (Rev 16) on IRQ 10.  When I try the 
> command 'iconfig eth0 up', the response is 'unknown interface: no such 
> device'.  Entering the command 'iconfig', it shows that local loopback only 
> is running.  The SMC 1211TX is the model of the NIC that I currently have 
> in the system.  The /etc/conf.modules file contain the line 'alias tulip.o 
> eth0.  Could it be that both of the NIC (10/100 Mbs models) are not really 
> based on the DEC chip and have partially fooled the kernel?

The conf.modules file is not produced _by_ the kernel; it contains
instructions _to_ the kernel.

I use the Netgear card with the Tulip chip, and /proc/pci refers to
"DECchip 21140".  Now, according to Donald Becker (who wrote most of the
Linux ethernet support), SMC 1211TX uses the Realtek RTL8139 chip, so
perhaps you should try telling conf.modules "rtl8139" rather than "tulip":

http://www.scyld.com/network/rtl8139.html
http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/net/9902.1/0019.html

(By the way, "iconfig" is just a misspelling of "ifconfig", right?)

-- 
Paul Kimoto
Disclaimer: Other than explicit citations of URLs, hyperlinks appearing
in this article have been inserted without the permission of the author.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: $Display Variable?
Date: 22 Aug 2000 22:46:40 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, billy boykin wrote:
> what should this env variable be set to for a thinkpad 770x?  using the
> lcd, no attached monitor.  i am getting errors from a variety of
> programs statin 'no display name and no $DISPLAY environment
> variable'...

If you are running X, it should be ":0.0", and something has gone wrong
with your setup because it is set automagically.

If you are not running X, it should not be set, and either these programs
require X or they are really confused.

-- 
Paul Kimoto
Disclaimer: Other than explicit citations of URLs, hyperlinks appearing
in this article have been inserted without the permission of the author.

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TC)
Subject: Re: SetSerial to IRQ 11 - setup?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:54:15 GMT

On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 21:57:40 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MaryP) wrote:

>In article <8ngl9b$jab$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I see to have a very similar situation and I have the setserial
>> command for /dev/ttyS2 IRQ 11 in rc.serial.  However, upon reboot,
>> amongst all the other boot messages, I see a reference to "Wild
>> Interrupts!" after the rc.serial file gets invoked.
>
>and
>> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 11:58:22 +0100, Dogbert Dilbert
>>  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I always have to change setserial to IRQ11 to get my modem working
>> >(/dev/ttyS2 seems to be permanently set to IRQ 4); where should I go
>> >to change this setting so that I don't need to type in "setserial
>> >/dev/ttyS2 IRQ 11" every time I log in? 
>
>I put the line
>
>/bin/setserial /dev/ttyS1 IRQ 7
>
>(which was the irq that worked for me)
>in /etc/rc/d/rc.local
>not in rc.serial.
>
>See if that helps any, especially Dogbert. I kind of picked the rc.local
>file hit-and-miss but works OK as a home for my setserial command. 
>
>tscloud, have you told your BIOS to pretend it is not working with a Plug
>n Play OS? That helps me, as did disabling the unused serial port (2 in my
>case) in the BIOS.
>
>Mary P.

I did in fact tell the BIOS that we are not using an PnP OS.  I'm
almost certian I would have got as far if I had not.  Thanx for the
advise.

 - TC

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux....
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 03:24:21 GMT

Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Arthur Sowers would say:
>Thanks for the input. I looked at Gnumeric, but I can't see where it can
>do any macros (like Excel, and L-123 can). StarCalc can do macros. 

It doesn't have a "macro" scheme, but does offer a "scripting scheme"
whereby you can link in code written in Python, Tcl, and Guile, which
amounts to nearly the same thing.  (Mind you, I'm not sure many are
actually _using_ Gnumeric scripting...)

Incidentally, it is _quite_ charitable to call the programming schemes
offered by Excel and Lotus "doing macros."

Macro systems are historically characterized by providing tools for
rewriting code, which really isn't what the scripting schemes offered
in spreadsheets do.

Compare to:
- Macro assemblers, available since the 1960s;
- Lisp macros, available since the 1970s;
- TeX macros, available since the 1980s.
-- 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/spreadsheets.html>
Rules of the Evil Overlord #190. "If my mad scientist/wizard tells me
he has almost perfected my Superweapon but it still needs more testing,
I will wait for him to complete the tests. No one ever conquered the
world using a beta version." <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>

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From: "Jason Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: 
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Firewall for Linux
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 11:26:31 +0800

Hi,

I would like to install a firewall on my Linux box. Does anyone have any
suggestions?
I am a newbie for this and I want to know which one is good...

Regards,
Jason



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From: Jason Valentine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need X11, Xt, Xmu, and Xaw libraries
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 23:47:40 -0400

Marc Andre Selig wrote:

> Jason Valentine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm trying to install an application that requires the libraries X11,
> > Xt, Xmu, and Xaw.  The configure script complains that I don't have
> > them, so can anyone point me to an RPM that would contain any or all of
> > these?
>
> For Red Hat: XFree86-devel, to be found on your installation cd.

Excellent...that was it, thanks.

--Jason



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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: 
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Firewall for Linux
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 20:41:14 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Jason Ng wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to install a firewall on my Linux box. Does anyone have any
> suggestions?
> I am a newbie for this and I want to know which one is good...
> 
> Regards,
> Jason

I've been using Seattle Firewall, aka "Seawall".  Seems to do the job. 
It's GPL and it's easy to set up.  You can get it at:

http://seawall.sourceforge.net/

-- 
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal."

                                        --Aristotle

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From: Wong Sai-kee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO: doesn't have a valid LILO signature
Date: 23 Aug 2000 03:41:15 GMT

I tar my linux boot disk (IDE) to a tape, and tar the tape to a SCSI
hard disk on the same machine.  Then I run lilo -C to config to boot
from the SCSI HD but the lilo reported:

    First boot sector doesn't have a valid LILO signature

I looked through some lilo document and mini-FAQ as well but couldn't
find anything about LILO signature.  Any hints ?

Thanks in advance.

SK

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MaryP)
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4: yast2 :-) - X :-(
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 23:32:34 -0600

In article <8ntpho$5b5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
> i installed SuSE 6.4 (evaluation version from chip magazine). Yast2
> started perfektly: it showed colored graphics (propably 640x480) and
> also detected my USB mouse (Microsoft Intelli Explorer). Everything
> went smoothly until the end, when Yast2 tried to configure the X-
> Server: the mouse is not used (mouse cursor doesn't move) and after a
> few seconds, the whole screen get corrupt. I also tried to configure it
> with yast1 (XFreesetup, xf86setup), but never succeeded.

This is interesting - I just installed an evaluation version of SuSE 6.3
and the same thing happened to me - the mouse worked during the install
but later on did not work and X was all corrupted.

I went through everything several times trying different selections for
the mouse (Logitech FirstMouse) and the monitor (off-brand). Eventually I
got the mouse working through XF86Setup, IIRC. I don't know why it was so
hard, because I have one of the most ubiquitous mice there is and the
older RH 5.2 recognized it immediately.

Later I used YaST's monitor config tool (SaX) and it was so slick I
forgave SuSE completely. For the first time since I started playing with
Linux I got the exact right settings for my display. SaX just blew me away
it was so cool.  

If you're willing, keep messing with YaST's config utilities because once
you get a feel for them they are quite nice. I like it now that it's set
up - in fact I know much more about my hardware than before.
 
> The question is: if yast2 itself works great (mouse and graphics) this
> should mean that X should work with my video card (ELSA Gladiac -
> GeForce GTS). is this a bug in SuSE 6.4?

I don't think what the mouse and monitor are doing in YaST during that
part of the install has anything to do with X (somebody correct me if this
is wrong). After all, you haven't even set X up at that point. It's just a
colorful terminal display with pointer enabled. 

I think you just have to finish working out the details of your X
configuration. Sorry I can't help with that video card, I have a different
one. FWIW I had better luck once I left YaST2 (the autoconfig part) and
did the details by hand (plain YaST I guess). I felt this was a very good
install tool, it's the third one I've tried and it compared favorably with
RH and Storm.



(I have not however had any luck getting my Sound Blaster to work in SuSE.
The display shows the seconds ticking away on Track 1 of Lyle Lovett, but
I can't hear him. Kmixer or something won't open so I can tweak the
volume, and and is the driver for one of the commonest sound cards missing
from this distro? and I reinstalled the ALSA thingy and it disappeared ...
oh stop whining ...)
MP

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From: "Peter Cheung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: 
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Firewall for Linux
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 21:40:24 -0700

Hi Jason,

there are MANY discussions going on in this newsgroup currently on just how
to set one
up. Just scan through the postings, or if you can't find any, go to dejanews
and look for
keywords 'ethernet' 'ipchains'; I recently did it (recent as in TODAY). It's
a bit of work, but it
sure feels good when everything is working. RH 6.1 and above has IPCHAINS
included in the
distribution and just needs to be configured properly. You will need two
NICs; make sure
they are generic enough that Linux supports them. Check for FAQs and HOWTOs.
There are LOTS of info out there as everybody is doing this...

Peter

"Jason Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8nvg72$oiu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
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> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to install a firewall on my Linux box. Does anyone have any
> suggestions?
> I am a newbie for this and I want to know which one is good...
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>



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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald K Knepshield)
Crossposted-To: 
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Firewall for Linux
Date: 23 Aug 2000 04:13:38 GMT

Jason Ng ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi,
: 
: I would like to install a firewall on my Linux box. Does anyone have any
: suggestions?
: I am a newbie for this and I want to know which one is good...
: 
: Regards,
: Jason

PMFirewall is another one that works well.  www.pmfirewall.com/PMFirewall 
interested.
: 
: 

-- 

Kevin Knepshield
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donald K Knepshield)
Subject: Re: Do I Need a Firewall
Date: 23 Aug 2000 04:10:19 GMT

Cory Phillips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I've been using Linux for almost 2 years now.  I mainly use it as a
: development platform on my home desktop computer.  I use a dial-in ppp
: connection to the Net and my IP address is dynamic.  I know my system
: is accissible to anyone on the Net via the IP address.  I'm able to
: telnet to my desktop computer via the dynamic IP from another computer
: on the Internet.
: 
: Should I use a firewall to help protect my system?  If so, any good
: recomendations?
: 
: Thanks,
: 
: Cory

        PMFirewall is a good firewall configuration script for ipchains that 
        works well.  I use it with my cable modem and am very pleased.  Like
        the previous reply had mentioned, I would definitely turn off telnet
        and the other services in inetd and use ssh.  I also added a line
        on my rules.local file to ignore ICMP requests to keep people from 
        ping,etc, my gateway (echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all)
        just because I didn't think anyone needed to.   It all depends on how
        paranoid you want to be.


Kevin Knepshield
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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From: "Michael Hamberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slackware 7.1 and Apache
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:04:54 +0200

Hi!

I've got this problem that I can't solve by myself. I'm new to this. I'm
using Slakware 7.1 and I'm trying to get Apache 1.3 working properly.

When I'm trying to reach a web page I've built, with this URL:
http://192.168.0.99/~micke, i get an error. The browser says, can't find the
server.

So, when I try the same thing with a slash ( / ) at the end, everything
looks nice and works good. http://192.168.0.99/~micke/

The path is "/home/micke/public_html/index.html"

I've checked the rights of the directories and files and I've public_html in
the /etc/skel directory.

Is it possible to get the webpage without the slash?

Regards/ Michael



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