I have just installed SuSE 8.1 (upgrade from 7.3, but fresh install) and am having a problem with SuSE firewall2. I used Shorewall on 7.3, because the SuSE offering was too hard to configure, but I thought I would try it. The new YaST config tool is much simpler, and I have it working and masquerading the POP3 mail from my LAN machine to the internet. However, I cannot access the web from the LAN machines even though I can from the Linux box, and it seems that smtp is also blocked. Can anyone suggest why this might be? Will I have to poke around the config file to enable this? I have disabled all services in the config tool, because it implies that these are external only. Is this correct? If it's too hard to configure, I guess I'll go back to Shorewall, because that was simple to set up, and it worked! TiA John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
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Can anyone suggest why this might be? Will I have to poke around the config file to enable this? I have disabled all services in the config tool, because it implies that these are external only. Is this correct?
have a look at the SuSEfirewall2 Howto (note that is draft still) http://susefaq.sf.net/articles http://dinamizm.ath.cx/articles It should give you the basic understanding how SuSefirewall2 runs. Also there is pdf file http://dinamizm.ath.cx/articles/firewall2.pdf which covers a little more than the webpages. Hope these help. -- Togan Muftuoglu Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer http://dinamizm.ath.cx
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have a look at the SuSEfirewall2 Howto (note that is draft still)
Thanks, but the firewall2 files are too complicated for me. I've installed Shorewall as I had under SuSE 7.3 and it's working fine. John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
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