I am not sure which version of SuSE you are using, but if it is 7.x (I don't know about 8.0), you can do the following: /sbin/init.d/firewall status (I forget if it is 'firewal' or 'firewall', but I think it's with 2 l's) and that should tell you its present state. you can also do: 'stop', 'start', and 'restart' in place of 'status' hope that helps some. -Jeric : -----Original Message----- : From: Nick Selby [mailto:php@nickselby.com] : Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 2:00 AM : To: suse-linux-e@suse.com : Subject: [SLE] Firewall Not Starting On Book : : : Hi, : My firewall is configured and I thought it was starting on boot. : I went to : http://grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1ck2l2 (Shields Up) and asked it to probe my : machine and it was wide open. Went into Yast2 and had a look; it thought : firewall was running. I clicked on Reconfigure and accepted all : the settings : I had already had in there, hit Reconfigure, and then the probes : showed I was : protected. : : How can I make sure it loads at boot? How can I be sure it is running? : : Thanks in advance, : Nick : : : -- : To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com : For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com : : Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com : :