It's very doubtful that you'll have to worry about inetd or xinetd under RedHat. The standard config for this is usually acceptable to most users. Unless RedHat has changed it since 7.1, the ipchains configuration is located in /etc/sysconfig/network/ipchains. This is where you will want to open or close network ports. This file just contains rules for the firewall, one to a line, exactly as you would type them by using the ipchains command, except you give only the options to the command (the startup script will provide the rest). You could use ipchains-save to create this file as Mike suggested, but I prefer to edit it by hand. That way you can include comments in the file about which ports you're opening up and why. Just be aware that if there are any typos in the file, the ipchains command will fail for any mistyped rules. Also, after changing this file, you will either need to reboot, or execute "service ipchains restart" to reload the rules from the config file. Ipchains is easy to understand if you have even just a small amount knowledge of nteworking and firewalls. The manpage for ipchains is a good place to start. You might also want to read the IPCHAINS-HOWTO, available at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html. Good luck! Dan Churchill ---- The views expressed in this message are those of the sender, and do not represent in any way the views or positions of Honeywell or its affiliates. > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Hvidsten, Leif > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:29 AM > To: 'tclug-list at mn-linux.org' > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Redhat 7.2 ports > > > On Unix it's /etc/inetd.conf and just remove the '#' from in > front of the port you want to enable. I think on RH 7.2 > xinetd.conf is used, so it's probably just the same > procedure; I'm new to Linux as well so I'm not totally sure. > I think you'll want to reinitialize the inetd daemon afterwards. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Cross [mailto:dacross at nwc.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:19 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] Redhat 7.2 ports > > > I'm pretty new to Linux, so please pardon me if a few links > of the chain are missing. I've recently installed RH 7.2 and > I was impressed to see that only one port is open compared to > the twelve open ports of a default Windows 2000 installation. > During the install I specified only medium firewall rules > while selecting web and ftp ports to be open. However, those > ports are not open. I've installed Apache to begin with but I > can't reach it from outside the machine. > > What config file(s) do I need to edit to open those ports? > > Thanks in advance. > > David Cross >