largegroh

I want to install wineX(i think or a free something to do same thing) so that I can install and play asheron's call. I really do not want to mess up mu current install of mandrake 2005LE. First, will wineX allow me to run this game? I would need to be able to install some msi's and decal. Second, if there is chance of messing up my current install, can I install a second mandrake2005LE? if so, how? Third, I seem to remember reading somewhere on the boards about setting up a second user and cloning/replicating system to that user so that I would not mess up my current install. I may be crazy here as I am new and not always, make that mostly, not understanding what I read. any help with this venture would be appreciated.

ok thx

sorry. what I mean is install wineX and try a windows game without messing up my orginal mandrake. or perhaps, install some software without messing up my orginal install. In otherwords, have a user area(s) to try out these types of things without any worry about having to start all over with my current mandrake install because of crashing withl my experimenting. what I read before, or thought I read since I can't find it again, said something about cloning or replicating my current setup over to the new users. I may be way off base here. since I know very little abut what I am talking about I am probably just wrong.

so you are saying that the only way i can have a way to try stuff out and still protect my orginal install is to install a second time? or third time? I thought for sure i had read about a way to have a second/thrid user to try stuff without affecting orginal. i must be going senile.

i want to have places to test things without messing up my orginal.. i have created test and testgames as two new users. is there a way to have fully working linux systems in each/for each so that nothing that i do for those users will affect the orginal? if so, how?

duh!! test went right in.. it appears that the word games is used inside mandrake womewhere so would not accept it. did not know that

i will do that but they do not exist. i habve been working with only the one user i set up on installation. these are the first two i have tried to add. will try your command though...wierd[root@70-33-9-251 /]# edit: cd home [root@70-33-9-251 home]# ls -al total 16 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 May 10 10:11 ./ drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 May 28 15:22 ../ drwxr-xr-x 23 largegroh largegroh 4096 May 28 18:11 largegroh/ drwx------ 2 root root 4096 May 21 15:12 lost+found/ [root@70-33-9-251 home]# no games, no test shlrug

I am trying to add two new users, games and test, as per a tips and tricks suggestion for what do i do next. I have tried using the gui, MCC add users and also tried doing the same from root.l In each case i get the error message 'user already exists. please choose another user name.' i type in the following: full name: bob login: games password: (left blank as i do not want a pw) password: (same as above) login shell: /bin/bash (default) directory: /home/games (default) create private group for user: (tried checked and unchecked - same error) specify user id manually: (tried checked and unchecked - same result) i am at a loss as to what to try next. any help?

ok I shutdown shorewall. went to menu-system- (can't find anything on configuration otherthan backups) What am I missing?

ok. still looking for guarddog though. as for using web- ok will look later on that. is this where guarddog will show up? in the messages log?

ok, here is the /var/log/messages after bootup May 22 04:02:00 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart. May 22 04:02:46 localhost : May 22 04:02:46 localhost : Security Warning: World Writable files found : May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /NVIDIA-Linux-x86-2.0-7174-pkg1.run May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /tmp/.ICE-unix May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /tmp/.X11-unix May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /tmp/.font-unix May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1 May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/run/dbus/system_dbus_socket May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/run/sdp May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/run/xdmctl/dmctl-:0/socket May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/run/xdmctl/dmctl/socket May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/dev/log May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/anvil May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/bounce May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus-chroot May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus-deliver May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus-inet May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/defer May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/error May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp-filter May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/local May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/maildrop May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/proxymap May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/relay May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/smtp May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/smtp-filter May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/tlsmgr May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/trace May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/uucp May 22 04:02:46 localhost : - /var/spool/postfix/private/verify "messages" 9112L, 970225C i am not sure what i am looking for but see no mention of shorewall. it did load on boot though.. or so it said. i must be not doing something. still no sigh of guarddog even though it says it is installed. actually i can't find any sign of shorewall or guarddog in mcc although it is very possible i am not looking in right place. looking at mcc-secutity-personal firewall edit; ok found shorewall under system services (running) no guarddog yet though.

ok, I did all that kristi suggested. shorewall starts up, at least according to interactive list of stuff on boot. running check of file sharing gives me all stealth. running common ports gives me failure. i have installed guarddog, trying to install again says it is already installed, but no protection apparently. I can find no where to check if it is actually running. am i missing something here? do I have to turn it on somewhere? if so, where? thx for continuing to deal with all my questions. i am getting better, just slowly.

ok.. i guess it is already set. says basic set to standard and the other options are at default. i am assumming that default is good. so if i am correct the firewall part is good. virus protection is not needed, true or false? if false, use f-prot or something better? note: when u get tired of lmy questions just tell me to ease up for a bit. lol

did not know mandrake had a firewall built in. how do i get to it and how do i configure it. sigh. being a newb again is not fun.

cool. i have dl'd guarddog-2.4.0-2mdk.src.rpm and guarddog-2.4.0-2mdk.i586.rpm as they were both offered on site. I do not know which to use (or both??) or the steps required to install it/them. If you would be willing to give me the steps i probably/ may be able to follow them.