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[Robert Dege]

> Problem1:
> I installed webmin to work as a web interface for my Samba configuration,
> through port 10000, but when I fired it up, it says that the connection is
> broken. I tried it with SWAT, through port 901, and it says that the tcp
> port 901 is not connected. I checked out the /etc/services file, and swat
> tcp/901 was there. I went into the xinetd file and did the changes necessary
> to make it work. It didn't. I went into the smb.conf file and configured it
> from there. But I'm just curious as to what could be the cause of this
> situation.

Did you check to make sure that your httpd daemon is running?


> Problem2:
> I am able to ping out of my Linux box, but can't ping in. I think it could
> be a firewall problem. When I configured the firewall through netconf -
> Server Tasks - Internet Services - Internet Firewall and Masquerade -
> Internet - Advanced, the 'Deny ping requests' and 'Deny Traceroute requests'
> boxes are always checked. Everytime I unchecked them, they would still go
> back to the default checked. I'm assuming there is a bug right there, that's
> preventing the other computers to 'see' my Linux machine.

I believe that Mandrake 8.1 is running the 2.4.x kernel.  So you can
execute the command (at the prompt) and it will give you the exact
firewall rules that are being used:

/sbin/iptables -nL

you must be root.


Dege

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