how to start firestarter automatically at boot

[sahutoglu sonmez]

--- Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> 
> See my answer below. (Just as an aside, the
> convention in mailing lists like this is to post at
> the bottom, or intersperse comments in the quoted
> text.  makes the thread easier to read and follow.)
> 
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:49:00 -0700 (PDT)
> sahutoglu sonmez <sahutsonmez at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Yannick,
> >  after starting the system I don't see firestarter
> > running when I check system monitor. Does it mean
> that
> > it is running but I just can't see it or actually
> it
> > is not running? 
> 
> The firestarter that you *see* is not the actual
> firewall: it's a pretty face with buttons for the
> underlying "program", which is called "iptables".
> (This is a bit of an oversimplification but close
> enough)
> 
> If you type
> 
>  cat /etc/init.d/firestarter 
> 
> in a terminal, you will see some script text - this
> script is what *starts* the firewall on each boot
> automatically. In other words, the firewall is
> activated on boot, but as you say above, you can't
> "see" it. Or more accurately, you can't see the
> monitoring/ configuring "front end" for it. Don't
> let this worry you. If you go to an online firewall
> checking site you will see that it works fine, even
> when you can't "see" it. (So you don't have to run
> the firestarter GUI as such to have the "firewalling
> effect". It has already started from the init
> scripts anyway)
> 
> >is there another way to check if it
> > runs automatically after boot? 
> 
> It will unless you disable the startup script I
> mentioned above.
> 
> >I tried "gnome-sudo
> > firestarter" in system/preferences/session.
> 
> You don't really need to do this - see above.
> 
> > but then it asked my the root's password. it's ok
> but
> > I would like it to start by itself.
> 
> It is possible to get the GUI for firestarter to
> start by itself, but I think it would involve
> editing the sudoers file with the visudo command, to
> make the GUI for firestarter run without a password.
> Unless you are comfortable with editing system
> files, this might not (yet) be a good idea for you.
> Also depending on who uses your system, it might not
> be very secure.
> 
> Personally, I suggest you just start the GUI when
> you want to check something, or reconfigure your
> firewalling.
> 
> > Thanks again.
> > Sonmez 
> 
> Feel free to ask if this isn't clear. I just typed
> it off the top of my head, as it were :)
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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Thanks for all the replies. It seems that there is
nothind to worry about. This has been a great mailing
list and I am happy to be part of it. 



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     Sonmez Sahutoglu  

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