Thanks Mark but I am on KDE using ICE window manager. On Monday 08 August 2005 12:14 pm, Mark Jarvis wrote: > Depends on your distro. In RH-derived ones you can get to it off the > main menu (in Gnome, at least). It's down a couple of levels. I assume > most distros will be similar. > > -mj- > > Major.Mikey wrote: > > how do you turn the firewall off? > > > > On Sunday 07 August 2005 09:37 pm, Mark Jarvis wrote: > >>*nix file sharing (aka NFS) works best and easiest between machines that > >>are NOT running individual firewalls. In that case they MUST have a > >>really good firewall machine sitting between them and the net. > >> > >>AAMOF, if someone knows of a simple tutorial on how to configure a Linux > >>box's firewall to allow NFS traffic but block just about everything > >>else, I'd REALLY like a pointer to it. The only times I've gotten NFS to > >>work, it was on boxen with firewalls off. In that case, it's dirt > >>simple--but you gotta be behind a really tight firewall box. > >> > >>-mj- > >> > >>Craig White wrote: > >>>On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 01:47 -0700, Glitch wrote: > >>>>Hello All, > >>>> > >>>> I could really use some help with some networking stuff. I have a > >>>>couple of Linux computers on a network together but don't know how to > >>>>make them see each other. What I need is the equal to drive mapping in > >>>>windows. I think that I might be able to do this through NFS but I am > >>>>not even sure how. So please any input on the issue would be great. I > >>>>am trying to connect two PC's running Suse 9.3. Both computers have > >>>>routable IP addresses and I cannot through SSH and FTP without issue > >>>>just need something more like network file access. > >>> > >>>----- > >>>SuSE may have some 'how-to' on NFS and networking issues. > >>> > >>>You probably have to consider firewall can block stuff so if you have > >>>these computers on the same network, try to make this work with the > >>>firewall settings off on the computers at first. > >>> > >>>Now for the 'how-tos' - always check tldp.org (the linux documentation > >>>project) > >>> > >>>http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html/ > >>> > >>>see the 'networking' and 'NFS' how-tos > >>> > >>>Craig > >>> > >>>--------------------------------------------------- > >>>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >>>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > >>--------------------------------------------------- > >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > >>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss