[MaxBodine]

I need to find out how to open a port for x window to use so I can get help from a remote friend.

I have no clue what changes or how to do it. As you can tell I am a new new newbe

on installing twice I selected no firewall and it still set it up as medium with no ssh or anything.

Everything I have read hasn't helped. I need to get my ssh up or open a port for xwindow. The later of the two at this point would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[TechGuy]

I don't know how to do it in X, but the command line "setup" (no quotes) will take you into there I always set my firewall.

[Squashman]

Well several factors can be involved in this. One could be a firewall and the other could be if your computer is behind a Router doing NAT. And the other question is do you want them to have SSH or X-windows. The latter is going to require a VNC application.

If your Linux box is hooked up to a router you will need to forward port 21(SSH) on your router to the internal IP address of your Linux box. Are you sure the SSH daemon is even running. Open up a shell prompt and type:

ps -A | grep sshd

I dont know which version of Linux you are using, I am assuming Red Hat from your previous posts. Not sure what Red Hat uses for their default firewall. Try typing setup at a shell prompt. You should get some configuration options for your Firewall.

If Red Hat uses Iptables by default try posting the results of:
iptables -L That will give you all the rules of all the chains.

[MaxBodine]

ps -A | grep sshd gives me nothing
ps -A | grep iptables gives me 1745 pts/0 00:00:00 iptables-restor
rpm -qa | grep iptables gives me iptables-1.2.8-8.72.3
rpm -qa | grep ipchains gives me ipchains -1.3.10-10
setup does nothing
chkconfig does nothing
nmap gives me
25/tcp open smtp
111/tcp open srunpc
6000/tcp open X11


people will tell me to try things like setup and it doesn't do anything. I can get manuals on them, just can't use them. I am in root???

I am using Redhat 7.2

any ideas from this?

Thanks for your help.

[Squashman]

type:
whereis sshd

If it is installed the service may not be started.
type this to start the service:
/etc/init.d/./sshd start

[Squashman]

Was this a default server install or did you do a custom install.

[MaxBodine]

I get
./sshd no such file or directory

[MaxBodine]

default install

[Squashman]

cd /etc/init.d

Is sshd in the that directory.

Is SSHd even installed.

rpm -qa | grep openssh-server

[MaxBodine]

no it isn't in that directory

and no on the rpm thing.

[MaxBodine]

Also I did the whereis sshd and it returns sshd:

[Squashman]

So this tells you it is not installed. Find your Red Hat 7.2 install disks. You will find the rpm for OpenSSh- server on one of the disks. I am not sure which one it is.

[MaxBodine]

Sorry it took so long. I had to go to redhat and download them. I have them in my home. Not don't I use rpm -Fvh openssh-* and it will intall them where the go?

[MaxBodine]

Okay I ran them that way. I thought v and h was supposed to show me where it went. Of course on this machine it didn't I did your whereis and it directs me to /usr/libexec/openssh.

I repeated these instructions
cd /etc/init.d
the sshd is not in the that directory.

cd /etc/init.d/./sshd start not in there...

rpm -qa | grep openssh-server brings me back to my root prompt

What do I need to do at this point? I have reinstalled 6 - yes 6 times. Shall I go for 7??? Or the dumpster ;-)

[Squashman]

rpm -ivh

Read the man page on rpm

man rpm

What version of SSH did you download?