Michael Harrison wrote: > Hi > I'm new to Linux (terminally frustrated Windows user) and have recently > installed PClinuxOS on two machines at home. I've set up NFS shared > home directories on both machines, which I can mount and access fine > only when Shorewall is stopped. I've read a few guides on Shorewall > configuration, including those at shorewall.net <http://shorewall.net>, > and tried everything that made sense, to no avail - Shorewall blocks the > mount requests. > > I'm thinking that the problem is with my environment (although it was > working under Windows with File Sharing). I have the two computers > attached via a Netgear 4 port hub. The hub is also attached to a > Motorolla Cable Modem for Internet access. I don't have a domain, (under > Windows the sharing was done via a Workgroup) and the two computers have > very different static IP's assigned by Comcast, my ISP. > > The PClinuxOS install automatically set up eth0 and the Internet > connections worked fine. Is there a way to tell Shorewall to allow the > loc lan accesses on the same interface (eth0) as the net? A way to add > another interface (with just the Netgear hub) ? > > I have tried using "-" for zone in the interfaces file, and adding > "loc:123.456.789.01" and "net detect" in the hosts file but that results > in a syntax error for the net zone.
I'm a but unclear about the configuration. You have two independent machines on a hub that is cabled to the cable modem. Is there a third system that hosts the NFS-mounted home directories or is one of the machines hosting them? -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________
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