[Cialug] A couple more Debian questions

[Kevin C. Smith]

> In Debian is there an easy or proper way to configure an iptables
> firewall? I have the iptables package installed. But unlike Red Hat, i
> don't notice an associated script in /etc/init.d to load a ruleset at
> system boot. Do i have to write my own script, or is there some
> separate package that i missed? I've seen some fancy GUI firewall
> configurators. I don't want anything like that; i'm perfectly content
> to write firewall rules manually. I just haven't seen an obvious way to
>  go about loading the iptables rules on reboot yet.

# apt-cache search iptables
(will depend on what version of Debian)
shorewall
webmin-firewall
guarddog
gnome-lokkit
firestarter
..etc

>
> Second question: What is the recommended way to go about configuring a
> printer in Debian Sarge? I've never been terribly competent at setting
> up printers, so it is one area that i actually prefer a GUI. Under Red
> Hat i've always gotten by using printconf (or whatever the name of the
> GUI utility is). Is there something similar that will make setting up a
>  printer easy?

apt-cache search cups
Install cups
Use the cups web interface
or Gnome interface or KDE interface

>
>
> Random fun note: I installed gdm to provide a graphical login screen. I
>  found that by adding a line "1=Standard" to the "[servers]" section of
>  /etc/gdm/gdm.conf that i get 2 graphical logins, one on virtual
> terminal 7 and another on 8. I could have created a third and fourth by
>  adding "2=Standard" and "3=Standard". I've not looked into other X
> login screens (such as kdm or xdm), but i assume they could be
> configured to work the same way. I just thought it was rather
> interesting and useful that 2 separate X sessions can be run
> simultaneously.
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Kevin C. Smith