pmfirewall help

[paully1]

As soon as I installed pmfirewall I stopped getting access to the net. I just picked all default answers but still no access to the net. I'd rather get it working than uninstall it. Could it have to do with the permissions? What is the default group for user accounts if one isn't specified? is it bin?


Also, if I want to change the permission for a program so a normal user can access it, do I just change the group for all the files in that directory?
For example, I got my sblive working but I can only play mp3's in xmms as root, when I do it with my user account I get an error. What exactly would I change so the user account can access xmms?

thanks
paul

[Tiger]

If you installed it in the default location it should be in /usr/local/pmfirewall. Change to that directory and run the conifuration script again sh install.sh. You have to be root to do this.

What kind of connection do you have? Cable, DSL, or dial-up? If you're using a dial-up connection you need to specify ppp0 as the external interface rather than the default of eth0 which is for DSL and Cable.

You also need to check the question about using DHCP. The default is No and unless you are one of the few among us with a static IP address you need to answer Yes.

If you've got a dial-up connection you don't want pmfirewalls starting on boot, answer No to the question. Answer Yes to "Do you want pmfirewalls to automatically detect your IP address"?

Final question to check, "Start PMfirewalls on successful PPP connection"? Answer Yes.

To change the permissions for xmms, su to root and enter chmod 777 xmms

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[This message has been edited by Tiger (edited 27 December 2000).]

[paully1]

Originally posted by Tiger:
If you installed it in the default location it should be in /usr/local/pmfirewall. Change to that directory and run the conifuration script again sh install.sh. You have to be root to do this.

What kind of connection do you have? Cable, DSL, or dial-up? If you're using a dial-up connection you need to specify ppp0 as the external interface rather than the default of eth0 which is for DSL and Cable.

You also need to check the question about using DHCP. The default is No and unless you are one of the few among us with a static IP address you need to answer Yes.

If you've got a dial-up connection you don't want pmfirewalls starting on boot, answer No to the question. Answer Yes to "Do you want pmfirewalls to automatically detect your IP address"?

Final question to check, "Start PMfirewalls on successful PPP connection"? Answer Yes.

To change the permissions for xmms, su to root and enter chmod 777 xmms


Thanks for the info, I'm gonna try it in a minute. My connection is cable modem

thanks
paul