moved this post to 'attach XP computer to network fror printing' On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > look what I found in my quest to open ports: I found a program called ufw > which is a 'program for managing a netfilter firewall.' And one of the > commands is: > > ufw allow 53 > This rule will allow tcp and udp port 53 to any address on this > host. > > Which is the printers port?... of course 631. my search engine is givong > me another: 515? But both of my computers print. > Do you know if I can specify more than one port in the command? oops... I > just found the correct syntax: > ufw allow > 18:25,50:110,130:150,389:445,631,900:1000,5800:5900,8080,9418 > the man page says I'm allowed 15 numbers in there. No spaces, separated by > a coma, and ranges ( : ) count as two numbers. > > What other ports does the great brain known as PLUG believe is good to > open? > I think ufw is basically a program to make iptables easier. Or do you want > to give me a tutelage on iptables. I'm willing if you are! Does anyone have > any pointers about ufw? > > ufw probably is an acronym for unix fire wall. or perhaps ubuntu fire wall. > > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> As I was looking for a way to open ports (and keep them open) I read that >> ssh server is not installed by default. So I tried to apt-get it with the >> following results: >> >> bmike1@Michaels-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server >> [sudo] password for bmike1: >> Reading package lists... Done >> Building dependency tree >> Reading state information... Done >> openssh-server is already the newest version. >> openssh-server set to manually installed. >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded. >> 5 not fully installed or removed. >> After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. >> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n >> Abort. >> bmike1@Michaels-PC:~$ >> >> So it seems that it is installed but what is this, 'openssh-server set >> to manually installed.' Does this mean thae packages are there but it isn't >> installed? How do I install it? > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: