On Tuesday 12 November 2002 6:38 pm, Aaron Clausen wrote: > I'm running iptables, and have a user claiming that they cannot use MS > Messenger. I have no other complaints, but I'm not exactly sure if any > other users are actually using MS Messenger? Does there have to be special > connection tracking. > > I'm also blocking the MS file sharing ports at the router. Would this > cause the problem? I don't know about MS Massager specifically, but you could investigate what's going on by logging the packets which get dropped from this particular user's IP address- that should at least tell you what protocol they're trying to use... Put this at the end of your FORWARD chain, just before the default drop: iptables -A FORWARD -s a.b.c.d -j LOG --log-prefix="MSM user: " where a.b.c.d is the IP address of the user who's complaining. Antony. -- G- GIT/E d- s+:--(-) a+ C++++$ UL++++$ P+(---)>++ L+++(++++)$ !E W(-) N(-) o? w-- O !M V+++(--) !PS !PE Y+ PGP+> t- tv@ b+++ DI++ D--- e++>+++ h++ r@? 5? !X- !R K--?
