Trouble in accessing `/home/USERNAME/.Xauthority'

[Franklin S Werren]

Hi;

For a firewall I would use
www.ipcop.org or http://sourceforge.net/projects/smoothwall/files/
There prepackaged and ready to rock and roll..

Frank


Hamed Abdy wrote:
> Hi.
> I'm a beginner user of Ubuntu(and also Linux), using Ubuntu 9.10.
> I tried to setup linux-firewall.org using this steps(as mentioned in
> www.linux-firewall.org):
>
> 1. Add the package source "universe"
> 2. Update local packages database:
> apt-get update
> 3. Download Linux-Firewall.org, double click on the package to run
> gdebi(-kde) and select "Install Package". If you have already opened
> the file you will have to close gdebi(-kde) and open the package once
> again.
> 4. Run the following commands:
> sudo lfwsetup
> sudo ln -fs ~/.Xauthority /root/.Xauthority
> sudo chown USERNAME.root ~/.Xauthority
> (you will have to replace USERNAME with your username)
> 5. Restart your PC and enjoy the software
>
> Until step 4, I hadn't any problem. But when I run "sudo chown
> hamed.root ~/.Xauthority", I get this error:
>
> chown: cannot access `/home/hamed/.Xauthority': No such file or directory
>
> Ignoring this error, after restarting the computer, firewall starts
> automatically but it doesn't recognize any programs and blocks all the
> traffic in "high security level". I can use the Internet just in "open
> firewall" level.
>
> Can anybody help me please?
>
> Thank you,
> Hamed Abdy
>
>   


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