chkconfig

[TechGuy]

I am trying to run the following command from the command line:

chkconfig --add firewallss --level 2345

I keep getting "Command not found"

What's wrong?

[A_Lawn_GNOME]

Is Bash giving you this error? Check your path.

[TechGuy]

This worked:

exec /sbin/chkconfig --add firewallss

Thanks

[TechGuy]

Ok now I think it's running...How do I verify that it's actually running?

[A_Lawn_GNOME]

What exactly is firewallss?

It sounds like a frontend script for ipchains (Linux's firewall). If that is the case, run /sbin/ipchains -L . If it is a normal program, run "ps -A | grep firewallss".

[TechGuy]

Yes it's a script for ipchains. I ran what you said and it replied:

Input:ACCEPT
Forward:ACCEPT
Output:ACCEPT

This means it's running?

[A_Lawn_GNOME]

Nope, find the script, change to that directory, and run it like ./firewallss start (might be ./firewallss --levels 2345 start or something, this is a really weird script). Alternatively, you can just reboot but that's the Windows way.

[TechGuy]

So if I reboot, how do I tell then if it's running?

[A_Lawn_GNOME]

Run "/sbin/ipchains -L" again. If there are no rules listed then you must have run chkconfig wrong or the script is broken entirely.

My honest advice would be to blow off chkconfig entirely and just put firewallss in /etc/rc.d/init.d and make a symlink like "ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/firewallss /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S09firewallss" Provided you boot to console, if it's a graphical login replace rc3.d with rc5.d .

[TechGuy]

It's running. What good it's doing is another matter...hah! But I'm learning!

Thanks alot!