someone had installed a firewall which is causing problems.Had to use cron as a temporary measure . Thanks guys let me look into these files. ----- Original Message ----- From: <willem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Duncan" <drack@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:04 PM Subject: Re: stopping IPTABLES service 4 ever > If it only starts when ppp starts, it is most likely > in /etc/ppp/ip-up, and you most likely need it there. > You need iptables to masquerade your private lan to your public, ppp > assigned ip address. > What has stopped working/why do you want to stop iptables? > hth Willem > > > On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Duncan wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <willem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Duncan" <drack@xxxxxxxxxx>; "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" > > <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:41 AM > > Subject: Re: stopping IPTABLES service 4 ever > > > > > >> chkconfig iptables off > >> service iptables stop > >> the last command is just to stop it during the current session. > >> The chkconfig command stops it forever. > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Duncan wrote: > >> > >>> please advice urgently hw to remove the iptables RPM , or to stop the > > iptables service from running forever and ever . > > > >>> Duncan Rack > > > > Thanks , have already done that , somehw when the PPP interface is brought > > its starting , hw do i stop that . > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
