Subject: Re: [newbie] Setting up the Firewall to work with SAMBA Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:51:32 +0000 From: Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If you edit the file /etc/rc.local (as root) and add this line at the end sh /etc/firestarter/firewall.sh then firestarter will start up automatically and over ride any other firewall which you may have defined. You do not need the gui running in order for the firewall to work. The GUI needs to run as root if you intend to change the firewall settings, or as a normal user if you simply want to observe hits on the firewall. You can make applications run as root by defining a desktop icon with the 'run as user' box checked, or by starting them in a root terminal. (Right click 'Link to application') to create an icon On Friday 16 November 2001 11:45, you wrote: > great stuff... no i forgot about that firestarter option you mentioned > before.. however, I have one more thing to ask .. when my server boots up > bastille gets started automatically.. now should i try to stop this > happening (and if so how?)? Control Center > System > Services make sure Bastille and iptables are not running, and un check the start at boot button. or will firestarter override it somehow? I > want it to be all set up each time i boot up rather than faffing around > with settings each time before I can run particular services.. > > ta again - you've been a good help > > Neil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Derek Jennings > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 11:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Linux Newbie > Subject: Re: [newbie] Setting up the Firewall to work with SAMBA > > > Neil > > Did you try firestarter? (get it at downloads www.pclinuxonline.com) > The introductory wizard should recognise that you have a lan interface > connecting to your XP box (yuck) and an internet interface to the > internet. > It should then offer to apply the firewall only on the internet interface. > The reason I like firestarter is because when it is running, and for > example you find you cannot ping to your Linux box, then an alert will pop > up in firestarter telling you that the XP box has been trying to ping, and > then simply by right clicking on the alert you can open up that service, or > the entire IP address. > > > Alternatively if you use InteractiveBastille and select advanced networking > options then you can elect to run the firewall on specific interfaces. > > On Friday 16 November 2001 09:28, Neil R Porter wrote: > > Hi Derek > > > > I followed > > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/mub/viewtopic.php?topic=2189&forum=6&17 and > > got everything set up and working great!.. The problem is this, I had no > > ping from the XP box to the linux server until I followed the advice in > > the above link and killed bastille (/etc/rc.d/init.d/bastille-firewall > > stop). However, this enables samba to work but disables the net sharing > > (ip masquerading etc etc) > > (I have linux on the net and serving the XP machine)... I'd basically > > like to know a way of setting up bastille or something else that will > > work as a firewall and let samba work too as I can't seem to have the > > two on at the same time and I really don't want the situation that > > everytime I boot the linux server up that I have to kill bastille and > > then run net connection sharing daemon to get that up again. > > > > Please advise this hopeful(less) newbie. > > > > Ta > > > > Neil -- >From end of October my cwcom account will no longer function Please update your address book . -------------------------------------------------------
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