On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 22:58, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> on linux 2.2.19, slackware 8, i used ipchains -P input DENY, which returned no errors
> but when i try ipchains -A input -p tcp http -j ALLOW or ipchains -A input -p tcp 
>http -j ACCEPT I get an error message?

you really want :/sbin/ipchains -A input -p tcp --destination-port http
-j ACCEPT

> on slackware 8, kernel 2.4.17, i get an error with iptables -L, saying i might need 
>to insmod or upgrade...wtf?

the kernel's probably compiled with iptables instead. you need to 
rebuild your kernel, or learn iptables (i'd reccomend the 2nd option).

> why is it not a good idea to have samba connected to the net?

it's not a bad idea if you have permissions set correctly. It's a bad
idea if you're allowing the world to read (or write) to your drives.

hth.

-jon
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