linux connection to web

[Ogie]

New to linux. I insstalled Mandrake 9. it is working, but it show that is connected to de web but it dos not work. i can not make it works. help pleas.
ogie

[OOPS!]

Hi,

Welcome to the PCMech forums!

Well, it could be a couple of different things causing your problem. First you need to have permission to access the net. Linux is different from Windows in that anything not permitted for a user is expressly forbidden to that user. A very good thing for security. I would login as root and try to access the 'net from there. (This is not a good habit to get into, as it can get you into much trouble from a security stand point. Not to mention the fact that you can really hose your system as root). But we are just going to see if it works for root. If it does, then you have a simple permisson problem which is easy to fix. To fix it, go to the menu and select Configuration -- Other -- UserDrake. Click on the user you want to work with, then click edit. click the Groups tab, and then you can add that user to what ever groups are listed in the righthand columen. I think you need to be in the pppusers group. Then click ok. Save your changes then try it as the user. Hopefully it will work.

If that still doesn't fix it, then you have a problem with the firewall that Mandy installed (Shorewall). I have this problem myself, any firewall I've tried has the same problem. I have yet to find a work around for it. I suspect it involves something wrong with iptables. What you will need to do is disable the firewall.

So, go to the Configuration menu, click on Mandrake Control Center, enter your root password if it asks, Click on the System icon, then the Services icon. This will show you a list of services that start on boot, and what ones are running. Go through the list and disable iptables, and Shorewall. Also click the stop button. Now try to access the 'Net. If it now works, you and me both have a nasty secruity problem. One I haven't been able to solve yet.

HTH,
OOPS!