Starting Firestarter GUI in GNOME as single user

LinODE · 01-06-2005, 06:49 AM

When I try to start FIRESTARTER with "sudo /usr/bin/firestarter --start-hidden" it says:

dxo@DAX:~$ sudo /usr/bin/firestarter --start-hidden
Fatal error: Your kernel does not support iptables.
Firewall not started

And the GUI shows a message saying "The firewall could'nt be started Your kernel does not support iptables"

Although if I start firestarter with "su -c /usr/bin/firestarter --start-hidden" it works perfectly...
but I can't do this at the GNOME start up script.....

What can I do?

Thanks

chess · 01-28-2006, 06:58 PM

I have the exact same problem. I followed the FAQ on the Firestarter site to add my username to /etc/sudoers and indeed I can start Firestarter, but it won't work -- it gives me the same "kernel does not support iptables" message. But when I start firestarter as root it works fine (so I do have iptables enabled in my kernel). Something in the sudo command is not letting my user use iptables.