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| Jim Spencer 2002-11-24, 5:24 pm |
| Hello
I am a linux newbie just starting out with the os. I have installed Red Hat
Linux 8.0 and during the install I set it to no firewall. When I go to the
security level dialog box it still says high security. I have logged in as
the root and am still unable to change the setting. It just changes back.
How can I change it to no firewall? What command line string would i input
to disable packet filtering? I really wnat to try some things with the
www/ftp/mysql servers and I cant now beacosue of the firewall. I am behind
a Cisco PIX firewall so I dont really need the firewall on the box anyway
considering it will be just for testing.
Thanks
Kevin
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| Joe Fredrickson 2002-11-25, 7:24 am |
| Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:12 am will from hence forward be known as the day Jim
Spencer blabbered:
> Linux 8.0 and during the install I set it to no firewall. When I go to the
> security level dialog box it still says high security. I have logged in as
> the root and am still unable to change the setting. It just changes back.
> How can I change it to no firewall? What command line string would i input
> to disable packet filtering? I really wnat to try some things with the
> www/ftp/mysql servers and I cant now beacosue of the firewall. I am behind
> a Cisco PIX firewall so I dont really need the firewall on the box anyway
> considering it will be just for testing.
Do you have iptables or ipchains installed? To check from a root console run
both or either command, if you get erros messages such as "Command not found"
then if doesnt matter you dont have anything running your firewall.
If you dont get errors then just flush all the chains dont remember the
syntax exactly but a man iptables or ipchains will do the trick
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remember this is the sequence of events, in no particular order
Registered Linux User 282072
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| Jonas Alver 2002-11-26, 1:24 pm |
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> > Linux 8.0 and during the install I set it to no firewall. When I go to
the
> > security level dialog box it still says high security. I have logged in
as
> > the root and am still unable to change the setting. It just changes
back.
> > How can I change it to no firewall? What command line string would i
input
> > to disable packet filtering?
Run "setup" and disable iptables there, or just do /sbin/iptables -F to
flush them out. The last option will only last til the next reboot.
Also, read : man iptables
-Jonas
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