firewall system

Howto disable the iptables firewall in Linux

by Vivek Gite on April 10, 2007 · 24 comments

Q. Quick question: I need to disable firewall in Linux for testing purpose. I’m using CentOS 4.4. How do I disable the firewall in Linux? A. A Linux firewall is software based firewall that provides protection between your server (workstation) and damaging content on the Internet or network. It will try to guard your computer [...]

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How to use Linux as file server

by Vivek Gite on November 14, 2006 · 5 comments

Q. How do I use Linux as file server? I have 50 Windows XP workstations and 30 Linux/UNIX workstations? I am using Fedora Core Linux 6. A. For Windows XP workstations use samba server and for Linux/UNIX workstation use NFS server. How do I use samba as file server? Samba is a free software re-implementation [...]

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