Guarddog

studioq · 10-05-2006, 06:09 AM

After installing Guarddog, I wanted to veiw the output.. I couldn't find it where I thought it belonged - in the /etc/rc.d/ directory.

Instead it was simply in the /etc/ directory. Wouldn't this render it ineffective? I thought iptables looked for the file in the rc.d directory.

Wim Sturkenboom · 10-05-2006, 06:48 AM

Reboot your machine and run iptables -L -n If you don't get the expected output, they don't work.

Sounds like your using slackware. I don't think that iptables looks for anything in /etc/rc.d. rc.iptables (or whatever the script is called) is a script the should be started at boot and for that reason should be in /etc/rc.d

studioq · 10-05-2006, 07:05 AM

I am using Slack.. I rebooted a couple of times and checked the syslog (only after copying the rc.firewall file from /etc/ to /etc/rc.d/ and there are logs or dropped packets in there - so one would assume on some level it is working.. I just dont know from which file.

I ran the above command and got some references to different chains. If I could remeber how to make the output go page by page (forgot the bash command) I could better tell what is doing what. But I dont know enough to track down which file is running at boot.

studioq · 10-05-2006, 07:54 AM

Now I have gone and removed the rc.firewall file from /etc/rc.d/ and rerun the iptables -L -n command and there are no chains defined. It basically shows an open door.. I think I might have to uninstall Guarddog and go back into the ./configure and see if there aren't some path settings I can set before the install.

dracolich · 10-05-2006, 02:53 PM

I've been using Guarddog on my Slackware machines for a long time. It does indeed install the rc.firewall and rc.firewall~ files to /etc, not /etc/rc.d. I've never had any problems with them being there. As long as it's executable it should function properly.

studioq · 10-05-2006, 09:03 PM

My final solution was this... Uninstall guarddog...Install Dropline Gnome... Install Firestarter... Play with configuration a little bit... Firewall up and running.. Took me a long time, but it seems I have exactly what I wanted without all the fuss..
Thanks.