I'm guessing the appraoch is disallow everything allow only what's required,
which is good security practise.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevanf1
To: suse-linux-e@lists.suse.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [SLE] Home network problem
On 13/07/05, Kevanf1
On 13/07/05, David Bottrill
wrote: Since in 9.3 the firewall is enabled by default then this would stop your PC connecting to Samba. Since you are connected to the Internet via a router it is quite safe to dissable the SuSE firewall. You can simply do this in YAST, "Security and Users" then "Firewall".
David
Cheers David. I will give it a try later this afternoon. I'll post the results here.
As promised the results... It worked :-) thank you David, turned the firewall off and checked the samba settings bingo! Access to the network (LAN). Now, firstly, why on earth are SuSE shipping with the firewall not allowing internal access? External I might understand - though it would be a mistake - but not internal. Secondly, how can I configure the firewall so that it will allow all internal traffic in order for me to have it running? Or am I being too security conscious bearing in mind I have web access through a router with its own firewall? -- Take care. Kevan Farmer 34 Hill Street Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com