db wrote: >For reasons to long to describe, I must run Redhat 5.2 as one boot along >with Mandrake 8.2 on another. When the machine is booted to Redhat 5.2 >there is no need for network connectivity and I am worried about it getting >hacked. Making it secure with a firewall/etc would probably be difficult in >any case and since I can't depend on people to unplug the machine at that >point, I would like to lock up /shut off 5.2's network connectivity without >having to reinstall it. >Can anyone tell me how? > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well, you should have SysVinit available in RH 5.2 Call it up in graphical mode and shutdown network. If you really need sockets as in KDE or GNOME which I do not believe were available in RH 5.2, then open it, but set local only--in other words, put
ifdown eth0 (and any other network interfaces except lo) in the script /etc/rc.d/rc.local Civileme
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