Re: RH8.0 - Altering Security Level

[Ashley Kitson <akitson bbcb co uk>]

Ricky

Bingo.  having exactly the same problem.  Red-hat couldn't care less as
I am just a prole user and their support for 'personal' edition seems to
extend to 'can you see the prompt'.

Anyway, flame out of the way, I know this much:

The Security Level and Lokkit utilities *do not* read the current
configuration but assume you are starting from a default (High) level. 
Thus you can set a new configuration and it will not be reflected if you
restart the utility.

I think I have my system open at the moment (which is a risk except I'm
hidden behind a cable router) and still cannot connect to SWAP using
http://localhost:901/.  localhost is set in my hosts file (I've no DNS
server - it's only a home network).

It's a conundrum but a problem shared etc etc

BTW someone out there might know why there seems to be this convention
for utilities not to read the current configuration.  In Windows, they
all do.  I'm trying to get away from it but this is bizarre.

Kind Regards
Ashley Kitson

On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 15:34, Ricky Deitemeyer wrote:
> What files do I have to edit to change the security settings on my
> Redhat 8.0 box?  I'm trying to set up samba, but as it is, I can't even
> get localhost to accept my connection.  The firewall/security setting is
> stuck at 'high' and when I attempt to change it via the gnome Security
> Level Configuration interface the changes don't take (I am logged in as
> root).  Anyone else run into this problem?  
>  
> Ricky Deitemeyer
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