Re: [Sheflug] More Tyro questions

[Alex Hudson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alistair,

Sounds like a firewall problem.  Could you list the current rules in
your system? As root, it's either 'ipchains -L -n' or similar for
iptables. Also, the output of 'ifconfig' and 'netstat -rn' would be
helpful in diagnosing your problem. 

Cheers,

Alex.

On Thu, 2001-12-13 at 20:02, Alistair Williamson wrote:
> I have received my 'official' copy of SuSE 7.3 and have installed it on the
> server machine.
> 
> I have tried to configure a DHCP server. I have followed the instructions in
> the manual and get a positive response to the rcdhcp start command - but
> whenever a client machine logs on to the network, no IP address is issued.
> 
> I must be doing something very basic incorrectly - even if I fix the IP
> address - I can't ping the server. It isn't a hardware problem and I have
> tested all the hardware successfully.
> 
> Similarly, I have tried (with the same lack of success) to configure a SAMBA
> server. Here I think the problem is establishing accounts for the client
> machines - I can't find out where to do it?
> 
> Finally, I have attempted to use WEBMIN to configure SAMBA - but when I try
> to browse //localhost:901 The response is 'No file of that name'.
> 
> As always, any pointers are really appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alistair
> 
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