Firestarter will not work

[Mike S]

> I'm (almost) new to Linux and tried the Kubuntu
>preview 
>version. I wanted a firewall and got a couple of 
>suggestions here. I installed Firestarter because it
>used a 
>GUI but I could not get it to work. So I decided to
>wait 
>until I had the 5.04 Kubuntu.  
 
>Now I have that, and installed Firestarter but it
>still 
>doesn't work. I'm using a standard PC connected via a

>router and broadband to the internet and through the
>router 
>to a Windows PC. Kubuntu can see the internet and the
>other 
>PC. When I try to start Firestater from Konsole I get
>the 
>wizard and a lot of lines in Konsole. On the internet
>page 
>of the wizard it offers me eth0 or ipv6, so i choose
>eth0 
>which sounds at least familiar. On the next page -
>network 
>- it offers the same. If I choose eth0 it tells me to
>go 
>away - I can't have the same for internet and
network. >If I 
>choose ipv6 it does not work - the firewall cannot
set >up 
>(and after googling I think ipv6 is irrelevant to
me). 
> 
>Meanwhile....the lines have scrolled in Konsole - see

>excerpts below this message. I've no idea what is
>wrong. 
>Can anyone help? 
>hanks, 
>>Peter 
 
 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/inbound/allow-from: No 
>such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/inbound/allow-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Error reading file /etc/firestarter/inbound/forward:
>No 
>such file or directory 
>Error reading file /etc/firestarter/outbound/deny-to:
>No 
>such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/deny-from: No 
>such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/deny-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Error reading file
/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-to: >No 
>such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-from: No 
>such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Error reading file
>/etc/firestarter/outbound/allow-service: 
>No such file or directory 
>Warning: External interface previously configured not
>found 
>Warning: Internal interface previously configured not
>found 
>Error reading /proc/net/ip_conntrack: No such file or

>directory 
>Error reading /proc/net/ip_conntrack: No such file or

>directory 
>Error reading /proc/net/ip_conntrack: No such file or

>directory 
>............and this line repeated many times. 

Hi - the Firestarter setup wizard is mentioned here -
might be of some use with terminology etc? 

http://www.fs-security.com/docs/tutorial.php

FWIW, my Firestarter installation went ok on both
Ubuntu & Kubuntu - single NIC, device name eth0, no
sharing etc etc (and those scrolling messages when
configuring for the first time).

--Mike S


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