[Nelug] Mandrake 9.0 - Internet connection sharing - Shorewall firewall

[Adams, Jamie]

> 
> Thank you Peter.  Unfortunately Mandrake 9 runs iptables.  It has an
auto
> set
> up firewall (Shorewall), but having run it, it still doesn't work.  It
may
> be
> that I have run the set up more than I should and it needs resetting.
I
> have
> tried uninstalling and reinstalling the firewall from scratch but that
has
> not helped.
> That is why I think it is something to do with the /etc/sysconfig/
files
> 
> Tonight I have logged into windows on the second machine and found
that I
> can
> log into the webserver set up on the internet access machine, but I
still
> cannot get to the web or anything else  ( Oh! I can do the same in
Linux
> too,
> just tried it)  I can even log onto webmin from the other machine,
> (https://192.168.1.1/:10000)in windows and linux.
> 
> It seemd that for some reason I am not getting "forwarded" But in most
of
> the
> places I look ipv4 is set to on (or what ever).  I'll try the
newsgroup
> again
> with my own request and see what comes.

[Jamie said ....] 
I don't know much about networking. I once had trouble getting on the
net through a chrooted internet session. In the end it was because I
didn't have my DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf.

Just a thought.

Jay.

> 
> Thanks again
> Malcolm
> 
> 
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