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On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 11:59 +0000, Henry Bremridge wrote: > I have turned my old computer into a server. It is currently running > firestarter as a firewall. Unfortunately I no longer have the monitor. > > Question: does anyone know I can access firestarter over an SSH connection > to change the settings so that wife can access it? > > http://www.fs-security.com/docs/introduction.php > > states "Firestarter can be installed onto individual servers and managed > graphically over SSH or using the shell. " > > If I log in over SSH and then try and start the gui my error message is > X11 connection rejected because of wrong authentication. > Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: localhost:10.0 > > Many thanks > Just a suggestion but rather than using Firestarter which is just a frontend to IPtables you could have quick peek at ufw if its available for your distro, it is a console front end to IPTables. I've found it easier to use than a GUI interface for a while now, it is as simple as : sudo ufw allow 8080 or sudo ufw deny 80/tcp or sudo ufw allow ssh sudo ufw status Shows existing rules Its often quicker than doing the same thing in a GUI has been my experience. -- John http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq