[NTLUG:Discuss] Question on Firestarter

[Leroy Tennison]

John K. Taber wrote:
> I'm using Firestarter as my firewall, but I'm confused on running it and
> hope somebody can set me straight.
>
> First, does Firestarter run on startup regardless of who is logged on?
> root, maybe?
>
> Second, why does Firestarter not show as running for all logon ids?
> Somehow, it is set to run on one id on my system, but not others. Should
> it run on other, non-su ids? Or just as part of the system?
>
> IOW, does it run for the system or for the user? If for the user, how do
> I specify Firestarter to run at user startup?
>
> I'm running FC3.
>
> John
>
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I'm not familiar with Firestarter but you want any firewall to run at 
some point in startup for all users unless you have some unusual 
situation.  To put it another way: How many users do you want to be 
protected?  I'm a little surprised that the install package didn't at 
least offer this option, have you checked the man pages for it?  You can 
create a script  to start it and place that script in the directory 
containing all startup scripts (/etc/init.d on Red Hat variants).  Then, 
in the various runlevels (/etc/rc?.d on Red Hat variants) where you want 
it activated (all after you have finished testing - I'd start with only 
one run level to make sure it works first), create a symbolic link to 
the script.  What you have to be particular about is when it starts.  
You want it running before network interfaces are brought up.  Startup 
scripts have the name format Snn..... where nn is a number representing 
the start order.  Pick the number you use judiciously.