Topic: [french] dialup and ipchains

[Wulfaz]

Hi,
I new in Linux !!!!
I have an e-smith server & gateway linked to a win98 pc network

I have some problems
first : my modem dial up without any reason (apriori) often when I power on it.
Is it normal ?
second : How can I restrict access to only POP and SMTP to some users ?

thanx

[vincent]

for the dialup it's a cron order to retrieve and send mail.

for the restrict use my module squid

and for get the news on e-smith try alt.e-smith.fr



http://perso.wanadoo.fr/mcas

[Wulfaz]

No it's not a cron order : I have no found anything in the crontab or in
directories cron.xxxx
I don't retrieve my mails.

in my file /home/e-smith/configuration :
...
DialupFreqOffice=every15min
DialupFreqOutside=everyhour
DialupFreqWeekend=everyhour
...
fetchmail=service|FreqOffice|never|FreqOutside|never|FreqWeekend|never|Metho
d|etrn|SecondaryMailAccount|popaccount|SecondaryMailPassword|poppassword|Sec
ondaryMailServer|mail.myisp.xxx|status|enabled
...
It's the first 3 lines (I think) but I don't know what it is!
If you have any idea ........

ps: scuse my poor english

[Bart]

>first : my modem dial up without any reason (apriori) often when I power on it.
Is it normal

Yes, it's normal that after your machine boots, it is trying to dial out.
The reason is that the built-in nameserver (named) wants to lookup some data.

You cannot prevent it, otherwise than use a power-off button on your modem.