I've only been using Mandrake for about a week now, and find that depending on the
level of security selected during install, things like su-ing to root don't exactly
work as planned.
I wonder if: had you installed pmfirewall after su-ing to root from your normal user
account, if the ip-up.local file was restricted/ignored.
Knowing what fixed the problem, you can always go back and re-install pmfirewall
logged in directly as root, (having removed/commented out the line you entered) and
see what happens. You can always return it to how you've got it now.
--Greg
> Hi Greg,
>
> Thanks for answering. I checked the specified files and found this entry
> in ip-up.local [ -x /usr/local/pmfirewall/pmfirewall ] &&
> /usr/local/pmfirewall/pmfirewall start
>
> I'm a little confused as to why, since this command is clearly in there,
> why it's not following it.
>
> --
> Mark
>
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>
>
>
> On 23 Jul 2000, Greg Stewart wrote:
>
> > This might help...let me know if it doesn't.
> >
> > In answer to:
> >
> > > What does one do if PMfirewall won't start on it's own when a connection
> > > to the internet is made? I've been asking this question on the PMfirewall
> > > list, but it's falling on deaf ears.
> >
> > This is a message from Rick at pointman.org. Check to see if you are configured
>correctly:
> >
> > >>Forwarded Message:
> >
> > If pmfirewall is installed in /usr/local/opt/pmfirewall/
> >
> > Just add: /usr/local/opt/pmfirewall/pmfirewall start
> >
> > to the /etc/ppp/ip-up or ip-up.local file. Note, this only works if you
> > are using pppd or some variant of a frontend for it. You don't need to
> > add anything to the ip-down file.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > On Sat, 6 May 2000, Ken Wahl wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I've only been running Linux for about 2 weeks so I hope you'll excuse
> > > my newbie naivete. I've installed pmfirewall on Linux Mandrake 7.0 and
> > > it works very well but I'd like it to restart with new ppp connections.
> > > I've read the man pages and checked in the pmfirewall archive for tips
> > > and read about inserting something into ip-up.local and ip-down.local
> > > that would make this work. The problem is I don't know *exactly* what
> > > to put in these scripts to make it work. I've tried a few different
> > > things but to no avail. Specifically, I'm confused as do I:
> > >
> > > 1) Include the original contents of ip-up in ip-up.local and just add
> > > the command line "/usr/local/opt/pmfirewall/pmfirewall restart"
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > 2) Just the command line
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > 3) Something entirely different since my knowledge of C is null?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your time and patience.
> > > --
> > > Ken Wahl
> >
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