SuSE Linux and iptables

SuSE Linux and iptables

[Erick Sanz]

All,

I just changed from Red Hat Linux 9.0 to SuSE Linux 
9.1; I had several rules working at home that I would 
like to use in SuSE; however, SuSE comes with its own 
version of firewalling (tied with YaST); I don't want to use their
version (it does not do *exactly* what I
want)...

I tried to unistall their SuSEfirewall2 package;
however, it is linked to yast, which is linkded to
DHCP and it goes on with the dependencies...

I just want to turn their firewall off and start 
iptables on my own, with my own rules...

Has anyone done this?

Beforehand, thank you for your help!


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Re: SuSE Linux and iptables

[Patrick Leslie Polzer]

On Sat, 29 May 2004 13:51:32 -0500
"Erick Sanz" <esanz@minorplanetusa.com> wrote:

> I just changed from Red Hat Linux 9.0 to SuSE Linux 
> [...]
> I just want to turn their firewall off and start 
> iptables on my own, with my own rules...
> 
> Has anyone done this?
I don't use SuSE, but if all else fails, you can just
create your own script and call it from /etc/rc.local.
Just don't forget flushing all chains there.

Leslie

RE: SuSE Linux and iptables

[Mark E. Donaldson]

 

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Subject: SuSE Linux and iptables

All,

I just changed from Red Hat Linux 9.0 to SuSE Linux 9.1; I had several rules
working at home that I would like to use in SuSE; however, SuSE comes with
its own version of firewalling (tied with YaST); I don't want to use their
version (it does not do *exactly* what I want)...

I tried to unistall their SuSEfirewall2 package; however, it is linked to
yast, which is linkded to DHCP and it goes on with the dependencies...

I just want to turn their firewall off and start iptables on my own, with my
own rules...

Has anyone done this?

Beforehand, thank you for your help!


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Yes - I run a five NIC Iptables/netfilter firewall with SUSE 9.1.  By the
way, I love it. Just a couple of tips and you are on your way.

1. The Yast version is started with three scripts in the /etc/init.d
directory, all starting with SuSEfirewall2*.  Just run chkconfig to disable
all three:

chkconfig SuSEfirewsall2** off

2. Write your own script and place it in the /etc/init.d directory. Either
start it up manually from there, or soft link it into rc3.d and rc5.d for
bootime startup. Activate it the same way you deactivated the Yast version:

chkconfig firewall_script_name on

It's just that simple. Have fun.



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Re: SuSE Linux and iptables

[Tony Earnshaw]

lør, 29.05.2004 kl. 20.51 skrev Erick Sanz:

> I just changed from Red Hat Linux 9.0 to SuSE Linux 
> 9.1; I had several rules working at home that I would 
> like to use in SuSE; however, SuSE comes with its own 
> version of firewalling (tied with YaST); I don't want to use their
> version (it does not do *exactly* what I
> want)...
> 
> I tried to unistall their SuSEfirewall2 package;
> however, it is linked to yast, which is linkded to
> DHCP and it goes on with the dependencies...
> 
> I just want to turn their firewall off and start 
> iptables on my own, with my own rules...
> 
> Has anyone done this?

Not with SuSE anything. With RedHat RHEL3ES that was no problem. I
wouldn't have expected otherwise ;)

--Tonni



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but out of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.

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