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On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 09:37:18PM -0400, amg wrote: > while looking at "/etc/inet.dconf" and "/etc/services" i see that > these programs and/or services have to be "declared" or "assigned" > to a certain port number (or actually vice versa) (side question: is > my understanding of this false?) Not entirely. > i tried to input "edonkey" along with the corresponding port number inside the two > aformentioned configurations files > > i entered this into "/etc/inetd.conf": > edonkey stream tcp nowait amg /usr/local/bin/edonkey/donkey0.50.1 > (please use your imagination for the other two ports) Don't add edonkey to inetd, that's just asking for trouble. > i then rebooted (just to make sure it was read correctly (special > reminder: i am new at this)) Just reload the daemon you're reconfiguring instead. In this case, as root (using su[1]), do /etc/init.d/inetd reload. If a particular daemon doesn't have a reload, restart works just as well (though can potentially take longer). > i dont have ipchains or iptables installed, so assigning them access > would accomplish nothing (correct?) Right. > so, my question (along with the inter-dispersed) and my assumption > is i don't have a firewall running on my computer (from what i can > tell - very bad - but please limit your response to what's coming up > next) Personal firewalls aren't. http://www.samspade.org/d/firewalls.html Using a reasonably secure OS is more effective than a Windows box running a personal firewall. Don't run any network services that you don't use and you should be OK in Linux. > do i need to start edonkey as a service to allow it access to listen > to a port (using it in a certain runlevel and/or a symbolic link > inside that specific runlevel)? edonkey has no options to run as a daemon, this won't help. Programs will open their own ports as needed. Try to undo what you've done, and go look through the edonkey faq to see why you're getting a low-id. If you're not getting a low-id, forget about it, nothing's wrong. Don't feel bad, many people have a rough start. ESR wrote an essay entitled "How to ask questions the smart way," which I think is misnamed. It really should be, "How to troubleshoot effectively." Either way, it's on the web here: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Hope this helps! [1] If you log in as root, break that habit immediately. Seriously. Just use su instead, or if you need an X program as root, use su -m - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Ryk5sClmdIs2Ki8RAhfWAJ4mcpbH3gwY8lijo8T5pVZ7MlgJYQCfRi5X wO05vmqyXfLta6+EsTEsNkU= =ONzQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]