On Tuesday 26 Nov 2002 12:02 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > SNIP > > > I did an "iptables -L" in su console to check everything is ALLOWed, > > after uninstalling the firewall for now to regain some control, restarted > > the samba server, rebooted the laptop (stupid thing!) and still samba > > isn't working. I also now have no ftp access to this box from any other > > machine on the LAN. This is the point I start to lose my temper with > > linux. You think you have uninstalled everything, get a reply that all > > traffic restrictions have been liftedto flow again, even rebooted and > > still you can't stop something that manages to cause failure of > > previously working functions, and not know what is causing it. > > > > I need some light shed on this problem coz I'm close to giving up after > > double-figured re-installs. > > > > Regards > > magnet > > If shorewall is removed completely, then your IP masquerading will not be > configured and you will not be able to get out from your local network to > the Internet. (Unless you set it up by hand) > > Maybe you would be happier with a GUI based Firewall like firestarter (for > KDE) or guarddog(for Gnome) (both available in Contrib)) Firestarter is > quite nice. It is very similar to zonealarm in Windows. > > You should also check your security level. If it is too high you will have > all sorts of difficulty. > > derek
Hi Derek, I dont mind "getting dirty" in a text editor, usually vi, but it's the confusing way these website help pages assume you are rather well versed in iptables before you have even started to read their page, therefore defeating the objective of what I consider a help page should be. Also, they all seem to assume the user has 2 ethernet cards, one for the lan and the other to a cable modem, none ever mention using the modem or the local IP range 192.168.0.xxx.. I'm currently trying to make some sense of http://support.ddts.net/doc/shorewall-doc/html/shorewall_quickstart_guide.htm but not getting very far as yet. I was running this 7 machine home network fine using 8.2 on linux boxs and winME on laptop, all set up by hand and functioning. OK, so I may have been lucky and didn't get compromised once in all that time, but as soon as I have gone near any sort of firewalling for the linux gateway I seem to be hitting this brick wall of problems. Security has always been set at Standard here, apart from at one reinstall, but the nvidia drivers gave grief on any other setting so I reverted back to using the lowest level offered at install. Firestarter and guarddog... yeap, been there, tried them, both failed, both resulted in re-installs, twice for guarddog and 3 times for firestarter. Totally screwed this system over. As a fellow linux user I speak to most nights will confirm, this system doesn't seem to like anything that would be considered "normal installing or run-of-the-mill" commands without throwing a wobbler and breaking something here. I have yet to work out why though :( I need to stick with this shorewall for now simply as I have run out of options for anything else. At least this time it has installed partially and is allowing an internet connection to be used. Regards magnet
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