-----Original Message----- From: netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Erick Sanz Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:52 AM To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: SuSE Linux and iptables All, I just changed from Red Hat Linux 9.0 to SuSE Linux 9.1; I had several rules working at home that I would like to use in SuSE; however, SuSE comes with its own version of firewalling (tied with YaST); I don't want to use their version (it does not do *exactly* what I want)... I tried to unistall their SuSEfirewall2 package; however, it is linked to yast, which is linkded to DHCP and it goes on with the dependencies... I just want to turn their firewall off and start iptables on my own, with my own rules... Has anyone done this? Beforehand, thank you for your help! This email message has been scanned for viruses. Yes - I run a five NIC Iptables/netfilter firewall with SUSE 9.1. By the way, I love it. Just a couple of tips and you are on your way. 1. The Yast version is started with three scripts in the /etc/init.d directory, all starting with SuSEfirewall2*. Just run chkconfig to disable all three: chkconfig SuSEfirewsall2** off 2. Write your own script and place it in the /etc/init.d directory. Either start it up manually from there, or soft link it into rc3.d and rc5.d for bootime startup. Activate it the same way you deactivated the Yast version: chkconfig firewall_script_name on It's just that simple. Have fun. ######################################################## This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MailScanner at bandwidthco.com is for your absolute protection. ########################################################
