A little linux help please for a newbie...

[kennysarmy]

Hi,

 

Further to this post:

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows/76265-run-simple-webserver-ftp-access.html

 

I've hit upon a few problems I would like to resolve:

 

1. When I try to start the firewall it fails, the shorewall-init.log states : "Compiling /etc/shorewall/zones....." ERROR: No IP zones defined

 

2. I created an initial user "sadmin" with an associated password....and I wish to have another user - how do I create a new user that can edit the website via the sftp software?

 

Thanks.

[kennysarmy]

Think I've cracked item 2.

 

sudo useradd -d /home/testuser -m testuser

sudo passwd testuser

[Steve21]

Silly question, but did you setup an IP zone?

 

Check /etc/shorewall/zones

 

man shorewall-zones (for helppage on it)

 

Steve

[kennysarmy]

Hi,

 

I followed this comnmand:

sudo cp /usr/share/doc/shorewall-common/examples/one-interface/* /etc/shorewall/

 

which was slightly wrong but I correct it as the install location was different - however I checked the following files and all seemed to have info. in them...

zones

policy

rules

 

In the ZONES file it says:

 

Zone Type

fw firewall

net ipv4

[Steve21]

Hi,

 

I followed this comnmand:

sudo cp /usr/share/doc/shorewall-common/examples/one-interface/* /etc/shorewall/

 

And added HTTP and SSH accepts in rules file?

 

Steve

[kennysarmy]

yep the rules file says:

 

Ping(REJECT) net $FW

SECTION NEW

ACCEPT $FW net icmp

HTTP(ACCEPT) net $FW

SSH(ACCEPT) net $FW

 

 

Thanks for helping out....