[plug] apt-cacher

[Steve McLevie]

Hello again !

My 'iptables -L' result is ...

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination         

which means there is no firewall installed !

One thing I noticed was a mention of ftp in the bottom of the apt-cacher.conf  It specifically says that apt-cacher cannot  use the protocol.  I wonder how this affects the sources.list file ... ?

No luck yet !

Cheers,



On Tuesday 03 October 2006 17:06, you wrote:

> > Hi Bob,
> >
> > Umm my apt.conf does not have any line with 'aquire'
>   

If its blank it _may_ be ok. You need to check this on both/all machines (ie 
it affects the machine requesting .debs from the apt-cacher box. The http 
ditty that I pointed out limits what ports apt can work on.


> > I'll seek to change this.
> >
> > As for a firewall .. have I got one ?  (I didn't install one
> > specifically.  My setup is an extension of a 'stable' installation from
> > cd.)
>   

You may not have a firewall setup in that case. It might be an idea for you 
to investigate one or other of the firewall builder scripts... but that can 
be left for later. We'll sort this out first  :) .


> > Hmmm how to check ...
>   

iptables -L
will list the rules in iptables (the firewall)

Rules like
TCPACCEPT  tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere            tcp dpt:www
UDPACCEPT  udp  --  anywhere             anywhere            udp dpt:5003
accept input to the indicated ports (www and 5003)
Rules like
DROP       all  --  anywhere             anywhere
drop packets - and 
Rules like
REJECT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere
reject packets.

You may find that you need to explicitly allow port 3142 if you have 
anything beyond a short list of empty rulesets. 


> >
> > Thanks for the reply, I'll go and rummage with the machine.
>   

Hope this is helping  :) .


> > Cheers,
>   

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