On Monday 19 Dec 2005 18:01, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Monday 19 December 2005 08:09 am, Peter Mann wrote: > > KsCD gives error message "error getting freedb entry". > > From http://freedb.org, I find > > "The servers run cddbp on port 8880 and http on port 80. The path for > > http-access is /~cddb/cddb.cgi." > > Does this mean that Shorewall is blocking 8880 ? > > If so, how does one access Shorewall's permissions from Mandriva 2006 ? > > Go to MCC (mandriva control center) and click on security. If shorewall is > running it will show a column of choices to allow and a entry line at the > bottom where you can type in ¨ tcp/8880¨ and you should then have the port > open to cddb access. HTH
Shorewall only blocks incoming connections. You do not need to open port 8880 for an outgoing cddb lookup. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
