moved this post to 'attach XP computer to network fror printing'
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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~(-:
>
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