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
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Shoreline,         \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like
Washington, USA     \ all of the passengers in his car
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