Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for help with Shorewall

2006-05-21 Thread Jerry Turba
John Jolet wrote: Jerry wrote: I am setting up gentoo on another computer and cannot get shorewall to start properly. I had used another version of shorewall previously but cannot get 3.0.4 to work. I have read and tried to follow the instruction in

Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for help with Shorewall

2006-05-21 Thread Jerry Turba
Ryan Tandy wrote: Jerry wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/shorewall # shorewall start Any particular reason why you're running that instead of /etc/init.d/shorewall start? Thats is what the docs suggested as the start command. Shorewall has detected the following iptables/netfilter

Re: [gentoo-user] Looking for help with Shorewall

2006-05-21 Thread Jerry Turba
Uwe Thiem wrote: On 18 May 2006 17:38, Jerry wrote: Shorewall has detected the following iptables/netfilter capabilities: NAT: Not available Packet Mangling: Available Multi-port Match: Not available Connection Tracking Match: Not available Packet Type Match: Not available

Re: [gentoo-user] Confused about latest gentoo-sources

2006-03-09 Thread Jerry Turba
Willie Wong wrote: Do you have gentoolkit installed? If so, run # equery list -p gentoo-sources It'd be good to know if you are missing the ebuild or if it is masked somehow. W Results of equery: backup:~ $ equery list -p gentoo-sources [ Searching for package 'gentoo-sources' in all

Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers

2005-12-11 Thread Jerry Turba
Richard Fish wrote: On 12/9/05, Jerry Turba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Should I be safe if I keep up on updates and the glsa? As long as your X configuration is reasonably secure, yes. But if you do something silly like run xhost +, then any remote user can connect to your X server

Re: [gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers

2005-12-10 Thread Jerry Turba
Dale wrote: Jerry Turba wrote: I've heard a lot lately about software keyloggers that can be installed on a computer while surfing the net, and how big a security problem they have become. What is the Linux/Gentoo approach to block keyloggers? I do not run any antivirus or anti spyware

[gentoo-user] advice on security and keyloggers

2005-12-09 Thread Jerry Turba
I've heard a lot lately about software keyloggers that can be installed on a computer while surfing the net, and how big a security problem they have become. What is the Linux/Gentoo approach to block keyloggers? I do not run any antivirus or anti spyware programs (I don't even network with

Re: [gentoo-user] Yikes, what have I done 3 1 seconds beeps on boot

2005-12-07 Thread Jerry Turba
Harry Putnam wrote: I've been tinkering around with installing a new hdd for the last 1/2 hr or so, suddenly on shutdown I hear 3 beeps come from the computer I'm working on. Attempts to reboot bring 3 1 second beeps now too. One by one, I've disconnected each drive, beginning with the one

Re: [gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-31 Thread Jerry Turba
Thanks everyone for your help. I will try using Marks rules and start using dispatch-conf to be able to roll back any changes that don't seem to work. Jerry Mark Knecht wrote: On 8/30/05, Jerry Turba [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuration

[gentoo-user] How to work with etc-updates.

2005-08-30 Thread Jerry Turba
As I understand the process etc-update lists new configuration files provided by the program authors. I have tried to define some rules for myself to determine how to handle these new files. 1. If I made a change to a file I will never allow the new config file to overwrite the old file. 2.

Re: [gentoo-user] Get rid of PAM?

2005-08-27 Thread Jerry Turba
Willie Wong wrote: On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 07:26:55AM -0700, Jerry Turba wrote: On another gentoo newsgroup I made a comment about deleting pam because I believed it was causing a problem with logins to KDE. I was severely PAM has been known to cause pain and suffering at unexpected

[gentoo-user] Get rid of PAM?

2005-08-26 Thread Jerry Turba
I have been using Linux for a couple years but am a newbie to Gentoo. I am very concerned about the security of an OS. It is one of the reasons I switched to Linux. On another gentoo newsgroup I made a comment about deleting pam because I believed it was causing a problem with logins to KDE. I

[gentoo-user] Help with pppconfig

2005-06-10 Thread Jerry Turba
I used the Gentoo install CD and installed the stage 3 tarball. The reboot went fine and I can log in purely console mode. I have only a dialup internet connection but I cannot connect to the internet via the dialup on Gentoo. I did emerge 2 files (that emerge -s pppconfig suggested);