New Member

Chin Khee Tan ck571 at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 18 14:57:08 EST 2001


Where would you check the httpd daemons? How would you change these
configurations?

I went into the /sbin/iptable -nL, but I'm not exactly sure what I'm
supposed to be looking for. Assuming I do, where can I change the settings?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Dege" <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To: <nflug at nflug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: New Member


>
> > 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
>
> Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but
> they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake.


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