security and firwall

[Andrew Zajac]

On 9/10/07, hong zhang <henryzhang62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> List,
>
> Default security and firewall are on when ubuntu is
> installed. Now how can I turn off them after
> installation.
> The reason is that I want to use my ubuntu as NFS
> server and request no security and firwall.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --- henry
>
By default, an Ubuntu desktop does not listen to the network.  There
is nothing blocking communications per se.

If you want to set up an nfs server, just install nfs.
https://help.ubuntu.com/7.04/server/C/network-file-system.html