On Friday 05 November 2004 18:32, Eric Scott wrote: > On Friday 05 November 2004 12:13, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Friday 05 November 2004 17:43, Eric Scott wrote: > > > > On Friday 05 November 2004 16:47, Eric Scott wrote: > > > > > Yo. In risk of showing my ignorance; how to I configure my > > > > > firewall on Mandrake 9.2? I need to make sure the FTP port is > > > > > open. (FTP's not working... and by golly if there's a firewall on > > > > > it it wouldn't work then, would it?) Anyway, I know nothing of > > > > > firewalls and need some basics. Thanx, > > > > > SigmaChi > > > > > > > > Menu>System>Configure>ConfigureYourComputer>Security>Firewall> > > > > Tick the box for FTP server > > > > > > > > Or if you want to learn about how the firewall works in depth, read > > > > the files in /etc/shorewall and visit www.shorewall.net > > > > > > > > derek > > > > > > Lol, I should of at least checked the control center before I posted. > > > But anyway, my firewall is totally off. ProFTPD seems to be running > > > smoothly... but not letting me access. Allow me to quote my previous > > > post: > > > > > > <quote> > > > Yo people. I've got a Mandrake Linux 9.2 server running ProFTP v1.28. > > > I thought I had it all set up to run with anonymous FTP access (Using > > > a sample /etc/proftpd.config from proftpd.org for now), and starting > > > through > > > > SNIP > > The newbie way of getting proFTP to work is to uninstall proFTP and > > remove the config file you are using, then install the drakwizard package > > and Mandrake Control Centre will have a new 'Server' section. It will > > reinstall and configure proFTP for you. > > > > derek > > Sounds dandy... but there's no cd drive in the system, and it's five miles > away at the moment. (I'm using tightvnc/ssh/webmin to admin it) Anyplace I > could download and install the same packages and config software? > Thanx, > ES
Go to http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ declare a urpmi source for 'main' and 'contrib' and you will never be asked for a CD. It will get everything off the net. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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