Re: [LUG] SUSE 7.3

[kevin bailey <kevin_bailey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi paul

i'm not familiar with LinNeighborhood - but could you dig out the 
firewall settings

#ipchains -L

if you are using ipchains - look in man iptables for the equivalent.

bear in mind - ping works on the icmp protocol - must other stuff is tcp,

kev


Paul Sutton wrote:LinNeighborhood


> Hi
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> I am having a few probs with a simple network,  which I think has something
> to do with the suse firewall configuration
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> Current set up
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> Laptop with ip 192.168.0.2 subnet 255.255.255.0
> Desktop with ip 192.168.0.1 subnet 255.255.255.0
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> I have suse 7.3 on both and they are connected together via a hub,
>
> I can - use ping from both computers and get a response,  If I am right ping
> sends 32 bytes and gets 64 bytes back,  i.e the 32 it sent then the 32 from
> the other computer + what it sent originally added together.
>
> If I use nslookup from the laptop I get the following response
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> nslookup 192.168.0.1
> can't find - no response from server
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> using telnet I get refused a connection - this ties up with a firewall
> setting,  but I don't really want people telnetting into my computer so I
> will leave this,  however being able to telnet from a computer on the
> network could be handy incase of system crash or something.
>
> As the point of the network at present is to install software across from
> the cd drive on the desktop as the laptop refuses to read the disks,  (this
> seems to be a known problems with newer drives, and cd recordables) but as
> there is a way round it,  I can use that.
>
> I tell the change install location that the other computer is 192.168.0.1,
> and enter a path (this bit could be wrong).
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> But I get the following message
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> mount;  RPC; unable to recieve;
> errorno=
> connection refused,
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> I am guessing that getting a path wrong will not cause this,  but the
> firewall is somehow preventing me from gaining access to the desktop via the
> network.  So solve that and it makes life a little easier.
>
> The program dealing with this seems to suggest the machine I am installing
> from should be a NFS server,  (Network File System).   Which seems logical,
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> At least I have LinNeighborhood on both computers,  which should make life a
> little easier.  as I can look at two windows which at least look the same,
> so I will know what I am looking for.
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> I cases above I am logged in as root on both computers,  at least this way I
> can run stuff and I remove some of the restrictions.
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> Does anyone have any ideas please.
>
> Thanks
>
> I have a work around which is not ideal but to be the above should work
> properly,
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> At present I have been installing via console or one of the rpm package
> managers,  then using the menu editor to put any apps on the menu, only this
> is not working,  as what is on the list does not completly match up with
> what is actually on the menu,  i.e under office, on the actual menu there
> are sub folders, in the menu app there is just a list of programs,
> according to that LinNeighborhood and abiword are there but I can't find
> them.   This is just a pain,  but I can put shortcuts on the desktop and
> play around with this.
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