Hi David
* David;
Do I really need to do that? What is the advantage over 2.4.4? I thought iptables was in 2.4.4
There happens to be a kernel security update and hence the reason iptables is the userspace module so netfilter parts are updated in 2.4.7
If running KDE or whatever open "xterm" or from the SuSE menu of KDE choose root terminal (could be a different name but it does have "root")
change to the directory where you unistalled the SuSEFirewall2
# ./INSTALL
I assume that you mean to include # in the command. Anyway with that nothing
No "#" was to make sure you have the root prompt
appears to happen. There is no output - it just returns to the command prompt after a second. Incidentally iptables are installed.
just to be sure check with rpm -q iptables
still as root edit /etc/rc.config.d/firewall2.rc.config it is heavily commented if in doubt have a look at That file does not exist
well once the INSTALL file works its way it should
/usr/share/doc/packages/SuSEFirewall/EXAMPLES and firewall2.rc.config.example There is nothing in that directory same as above
Can someone put me on the right road please (basic instructions appreciated)
Make sure you have the START_FW=yes in /etc/rc.config Because of the above, I assume, the above command is not recognised
actually as corrected before it sgould be START_FW2
once all done issue rcSuSEfirewall2 test
Likewise with this
once installed it should else /etc/init.d/SuSEfirewall2 test
It seems that the firewall is not installing, which is what I suspected. No errors are being produced on install, so I am not sure what I should do next.
try again as I mentioned with the ./INSTALL -- Togan Muftuoglu