I've just installed Ubuntu 6.06, and I'd like to run x11vnc on it.

I've installed x11vnc, and it appears to run correctly, but I can't connect to it from my Windows box. I've since discovered that Ubuntu installs with all ports closed. How would a newbie open port 5900?

If you're behind a firewall then it would be...

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d 0/0 -s 0/0 --dport 5900 -j ACCEPT

I'll try that, but I'm sure I read that no firewall was installed by default, but somehow all ports are closed

by default, ubuntu doesn't firewall anything (the policies for the chains are all set to ACCEPT)... having no firewall doesn't mean ports are "open"... the ports will be "closed" until something actually listens on a port... once you have something listening on a port, *then* the port is said to be "open"...

so basically, if you haven't changed ubuntu's default iptables firewall settings, then your issue is somewhere else - not with the host's firewall... maybe use netstat to make sure your program is actually listening on the port you expect it to...

I tried netstat. There doesn't appear to be anything listening on port 5900, although x11vnc is definitely running. (and claiming to be on port 5900)

then it would seem to me that you have a x11vnc issue on your hands... sorry i can't be of much assistance, as i've never used that program...

I have the same issue.

I just want port 22 open for ssh, but I can't find out how.

There is no firewall installed by default - so do I need to install one? Can I open it without installing a firewall?

Thanks,
--MR

assuming you are referring to a stand-alone box: on ubuntu, even though it includes the iptables/netfilter firewall, no ports are filtered by default - so you simply need to make your ssh daemon listen on port 22 (or any other) and the port will automatically be opened...

My problem was using ssh to access my box. I thought the problem was the port was not open (which it wasn't), but the real problem was that Ubuntu installs only the ssh client (to ssh into other boxes) but not the ssh-server. This is an easy fix:

Now ssh server is installed, I can ssh into my box, the port is open, and all is well.

Make sure to read the ubuntuguide.org and secure your ssh-server so root login is disabled, etc.

Good luck!

You must start you ssh server


sudo /etc/init.d/ssh start

Thanks Yiux, I forgot to mention starting the server.

Hi. I am trying to install amavisd-new on Ubuntu 6.06 (server) in front of my existing legacy email server.

I have amavisd-new, spamassassin and clamav running, but the ports are not open. Below are netstat and iptables output.

Here is output from "netstat -an | grep LISTEN"

tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:10025 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:25 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 50271 /var/run/sendmail/mta/smcontrol
unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 73105 /var/run/clamav/clamd.ctl

I have added the iptables entry as follows:

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:10025

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Any ideas, anyone?

the two daemons you listed are listening on the loopback interface (127.0.0.1), hence they won't be visible from another box... if you need them to listen on your WAN/LAN interface you'll need to adjust their config files accordingly and then restart them... your firewall's policies are all set to ACCEPT, and your only INPUT rule is also an ACCEPT, so it's not a firewall issue as you aren't doing any packet filtering...

Ah, yes. Thank you. I changed the config files and it worked.

I know I did not ask the question but this helped me

iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d 0/0 -s 0/0 --dport (replaced with my port) -j ACCEPT

Thank You