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Hi, Yep, I'm using Iptables and the standard Shorewall that comes with 9.0. I will admit that I don't really like Shorewall, but it seems to be the only firewall I can get to work. I 've tried Firestarter and Guarddog, both work well for single boxes, but when I setup my internet connection sharing, Mandrake insists on Shorewall and balks at anything else. :roll: dalee

Hi, I'm sorry for my slow reply also, Things are sooo busy this month!! The error message I get now is mount: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC unable to recieve rpcinfo -p shows that portmapper is up and running. Both boxes are running the same 9.0 version so there should be no compatability issues, But at least I feel like there is some progress! :) The errors are getting fewer and more to a point! dalee PS. Technonoid, Thanks for your incredible patience with this newbie!! You've been teaching me a lot!!

Hi, I didn't edit any other files. This is being done on 2 clean fresh full installs. My fstab on the client box is this, /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdb,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask= 0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/zip supermount dev=devsda4,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda6 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /mnt/boxhome nfs xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/home (noauto,user,exec) And if you need it the fstab on the server box is /dev/hda8 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda11 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda6 /mnt/win_e vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /tmp ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda10 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda9 swap swap defaults 0 0 I've only tried to add the one shared directory to the client fstab to test it. When I can get it to work I will add the rest. The other lines are added to my exports file though. I did run the exportfs -ra command several times to see if that was hanging things up. Didn't help though. I did comment out the lines I added to hosts.deny and hosts.allow as you suggested. dalee

Hi, Hey I'm sorry to hear you had to come back to the real world :D . Most of the time I need a vaction to recover from my vaction too! This stuff here isn't life or death. Time off is! You are correct, I'd like to share my /home(rw), an empty partion(rw), and maybe /usr (ro) later. As far as my exports file, fstab, hostsallow and deny, that is what I've done. I followed the most excellent howto mentioned earlier in the thread. So I think they are correct. They match your examples to the tee. But still no joy. After editing the fstab when I try to issue the mount command I get 2 errors, [mnt]: warning no final newline at the end of /etc/fstab. Followed immeadiatly by: mount: mount point nfs does not exist rpcinfo shows all needed services are up and running, nfs, mountd, lockd, and such. On both boxes. The thing I've been pondering now is, when I issue the ping command, I can ping using the DNS names, i.e. dads.box.desk.com for example, but not with the ip address, 192.168.0.x ( I hope my terminology is right ). Why not, I can't seem to figure out. I've not purposely enabled DNS myself. Perhaps the internet connection sharing wizard did something with it? The one ip address I can ping, is the one I think is for dhcp. My limited understanding from the howto is that either DNS names or ip addresses should work anyway. Hopefully, I've done better at giving clearer info for you. Thanks!!! dalee

Hi, I'm editing the the /etc/hosts. Should I be editing the /etc/hosts.config instead? The hosts.config has: order hosts,bind multi on for entries. I sometimes wonder if my firewall (Shorewall) is causing me fits. If you can't tell, this is my first expirence at networking:shock: Thanks, dalee

Hi Gowator, I can ping back and forth until I edit the hosts files. Then I can no longer ping. It just hangs or tells me the network is unreachable. I'm also doing internet connection shareing with the server. If I use that address 192.168.1.1, then I can ping from the client again. But that address is would be for dhcp right? The name of the server is 192.168.0.1/ box.name.location.com. The client is 192.168.0.2/box.name.location.com That is the address that should be in the host file right? If I remove the entries in both host files, I can ping back and forth again. Of course exportfs returns nothing on the client. The server reports the directories I've chosen to export. When I run rpcinfo -p, it shows portmap, nfs rquotad, nlockmgr are running on both machines. Technonoid, That's the same tutorial I've been using. :D dalee P.S. If a mod wants to move this to networking that's fine. We might be getting a little off-topic now :D

Well, from what I understand from the manpages, -t is supossed to be automatically assumed. So it shouldn't be needed. If I understand what I'm reading. Also, the filesystem type shouldn't be needed either if both boxes are using the same fs. Both my boxes are running ext3. So some how I'm not understanding the manpages and then getting the command right. And I've not been able to find a more newbie friendly tutorial. dalee

Hi, Yeah, that's basicly what I've done. Except editing the fstab file yet. I want to be sure it is working first. But now I've been reading and thinking (always sure to get me into trouble! :shock: ). So I think I'm going to ask some questions in the networking forum before I try to figure this snag out. Yeah, I love Monday mornings too. That way I know how bad the rest of my week is going to be. Thanks very much! dalee

Hi, I've set up a small network using nfs for 2 linux boxes. When I go to mount the shares from the client, I get an error telling me that the ip address is not a supported file system. Duh! The command I'm using is #mount -t box.name.location.com: /home /mnt/home. The error I get is: mount: fs type xxx:xxx.xxx.xxx not supported by kernel And it just tells me to use switches if I try to use another switch besides -t. From what I've been reading in the mount man pages and other places is that all I need is #mount xxx.xxx.xxx.com: /home /mnt/home.But that just tells me I need to use switches and optilns too. Some how I'm not issuing the right command. But I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks Much! dalee

Hi, Just wanted to let you know that I did get the internet connection sharing to work finally. I ended up removing and reinstalling the dhcp stuff and shorewall. Then reran everything. Many thanks to you guys for helping me! You even managed to teach this old dog a couple of new things. Now onto filesharing! :D dalee

Hi, I think I see where the problem is now. I did a reinstall on both systems ( niether had any important data). I setup ICS with Drakgw and it worked until I rebooted the server to see if it was going to hold. What I've found by looking at services was that Shorewall didn't start. So I did shorewall clear, then shorewall start and it errored out telling me: shorewall start Processing /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf ... Processing /etc/shorewall/params ... Starting Shorewall... Loading Modules... Initializing... Determining Zones... Zones: net masq loc Validating interfaces file... Error: Duplicate Interface eth0 So where did the dupicate eth0 come from? And how do I make it go away? I looked at the files in shorewall before I rebooted, (shoulda made backups :( ). And nothing seems to have changed. Another question. Do I need dhcprelay running on the server too? That also refuses to start. Thanks for being patient with me. You guys have been teaching me a lot so far. dalee

Hi roland. I do have dhcp.config files, but if you would pm me with a copy of yours I would be most grateful! I looked at mine last night, and compared them. They were different so I made them match, and added a gateway address (for box1, the server) to my client box (box2). At that point I could ping from the client (box2) to box1 (server) anytime. But not from box1 to box2 ( it errored out telling me the network was unreachable). Plus, I could at that point ping out to yahoo from box2, but get nothing back (I had the details window open on kppp so I could see it). Now today, I can't ping out to yahoo from box2, but I can still ping box1 from there (and still am not able to ping from box1 to box2. Network is still unreachable). Changed nothing but boot them up. The settings are still the same it looks like. I suspect I've really mucked things up good now I bet :shock: I'm sorry it takes me so long to reply back, but I only get a few minutes a day to mess with this. Thank You very much! dalee

Hi, No it won't install over your old OO.o 1.02. It will install in a different directory /opt is the default I believe. You can run both till you are satisfied or not with the release canidate. I think that is why there are no rpms for Mandrake yet. It would cause a conflict with the old version. But like static said, the installer is great!! Super easy! dalee

Hi, Box1 is the one connected to the internet by modem. It works perfectly. I'm posting from it now. Box2 is the client. Box2 has 2 nics because I thought the on-board nic wasn't maybe working right. So I installed the other to see if it would make a difference. No luck there either. I just haven't reopened the box to remove it yet. I've run the internet connection sharing Wizard numerious times with no luck. Acutally, I must take that back, it did work once for about 30 seconds. Then it quit and hasn't worked since. The exact hardware is Box1: Rockwell Hardmodem on com2, and a D-Link DFE-530TX+. Box2 has an IBM onboard nic chipset and a D-Link DFE-530TX+. They are connected by a D-Link DSS-5+ switch. ifconfig output Box1: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:BA:5E:84:4D inet addr:192.168.1.251 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:1818 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:2085 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:161062 (157.2 Kb) TX bytes:362930 (354.4 Kb) Interrupt:12 Base address:0x3000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:27317 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:27317 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:5425634 (5.1 Mb) TX bytes:5425634 (5.1 Mb) ifconfig output Box2: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:E2:10:2E:A4 inet addr:192.168.1.252 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:977 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1039 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:4 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:122232 (119.3 Kb) TX bytes:72301 (70.6 Kb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0xe000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:4941 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4941 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:409581 (399.9 Kb) TX bytes:409581 (399.9 Kb) I must apologize, my post was pretty thin for info. It was pretty late here when I decided I was over my head and wrote it. If you need more let me know. Thanks, dalee

Hi, I'm not having any luck getting 2 Mandrake 9.0 boxes to share a connection. I've been over every post in this forum that might even pertain to my problem, plus googled till I'm blind . My nics are working, I've run ifconfig, and it shows them up and running. I can ping the IP addy's shown by ifconfig to my hearts content. The firewall is down. But still no sharing of the internet :( . Hardware is - Box1: internal hardmodem and nic as eth0/dhcp/up Box2: 2 nics eth0/dhcp/up (on board nic), eth1/static/down (am tring to use eth0 for lan) D-link 5-Port Switch Both boxes are running Mandrake 9.0 Any ideas or things I need to read? More info needed? Thanks, dalee

Hi, How can I switch the default browser for Evolution? My wife would like to use Opera instead of the Mozilla default. I've been through the setup and nothing shows there. Plus I've looked for a config file and don't see anything there either. :( The man pages are not any help either. Using Evolution 1.08 and 9.0. Thanks!!! dalee

I've done it, but If your box is a production box, I wouldn't try it. Too much risk of something going wrong. I would think that if you are using rpms, then the worst that might happen is that gurpmi or urpmi would whine about something not being right and abort. All depends on how much risk you think you can afford to take. dalee

Another possiblity is that Windows may be lying to you. I find that Windows always reports my connection speed at 56000 ( which is impossible ), where any flavor of Linux will report it at 40000 - 46000. Still, don't put much if any stock in the reported connection speed. What is important is the transfer rate. Mine runs anywhere from 2.5kbps to 5.0kbps (mostly it runs around 3-3.5kbps). And that is no better than a 28800 connection. Dial-ups really suck :( , but it all that is available here in the great wasteland of the upper Midwest. dalee

Hi, Years ago there was (when PCI was shiney and new), but no more. They didn't work very well and no advantage was gained. I would think that PCI would be better because of faster bus speeds. Perhaps try different PCI nics? Sorry, not much help I know, dalee

Ha! Real men do LFS! :D Seriously, I'd like to try Gentoo, but how long do you suppose it would take with a dialup and a P200/128meg? :shock: I not sure I'd live long enough to get a working system. dalee

Hi! Thanks for the reply. But no joy :( . I've been googleing and can't seem to find anything on it either. dalee

Hi, I can no longer get xmms to run under KDE. It works under Gnome with no problems. The error I get from the terminal is: $ xmms ** ERROR **: First `engine' section must include a `stock' section. aborting... Aborted I don't understand this error. Anybody have an idea? Thanks! dalee

Do you hate the lack of information that rpmdrake gives you? If you open up rpmdrake and right click on the right pane you can select normal information or maximum information. dalee

I buy the PowerPack, but I have a dialup connection and don't want to spend the time it takes to download the extra software I want. So for me it works out well. I f you have a fast connection, maybe you want to download what you want to add. dalee

Yeah your right, I was thinking that the stock drivers had the support. Some times it's the really simple parts I don't get . dalee