Thanks you for the pointes and apologies for my poor etiquette - I'll be more careful in future. I asked this question as i had 'hit the wall' with regard to the amount of information i had read over the last few days (not necessarily for this problem alone but for others i have also encountered).
This list seem very efficient at solving peoples problems and i was thinking the quicker i can get my machine on the net the more efficiently i can search for answers to my other redhat problems. Thanks again all, Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Dekkers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 1:13 AM Subject: Re: newbie question > >this may be a really basic question but i could really do with some > >pointers - i am very new to red hat... i have looked around for a solution > but have had no luck. > > Where have you looked? Please be aware what you're asking gets asked twice a > week at least here. It is a FAQ. A decent google search would probably come > up with the answer. > > Secondly, 'newbie question' is NOT a good subject line. This could mean > anything. When posting here please use a good subject line. In this case > something like 'firewall settings won't change' or something would be more > appropriate. > > Short answer. The settings DO change. The tool used to make the setting > changes DOES NOT read the current configuration. It ALWAYS starts in 'high' > security setting. Firstly, this was very annoying, but with the amount of > people getting trapped by this, I'd say Redhat really need to fix this. > > Anyway, there's your answer. > > Regards, > > --- > Edward Dekkers (Director) > Triple D Computer Services P/L > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
