sshd and firewall

[draget]

I need to disable the firewall/security mode in fedora core 4. I have a server using sshd, but the firewall seems to be blocking incoming connections.


Is there a command for disabling it?


thanks!

[smfinley]

I need to disable the firewall/security mode in fedora core 4. I have a server using sshd, but the firewall seems to be blocking incoming connections.


Is there a command for disabling it?


thanks!

Do not disable your firewall and invite the whole world to hack your system. Go to "Desktop" > "System Settings" > "Security Level" and make sure the checkbox for SSH is checked. Then learn how to open and forward port 22 on your router for ssh. See this (http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm).

[draget]

im running without an X, just from console.

I do have a router but it only needs to be shared accross the LAN, not too the 'net.


thanks!

[Fedge]

I too would like to know how to do this via command line. If someone could provide some insight, it would be much appreciated.

[kg4cbk]

You can manually edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables and add a line:

-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT


This is what system-config-securitylevel creates when you select ssh.

Don't forget to restart iptables after you edit this file.

You can check that the rule is running by:

service iptables status