OpenSuse 11.2

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I just installed the KDE version on a virtual machine a few minutes ago, and I must say I am very impressed so far. The new KDE environment is quick and responsive (even on the virtual machine) and system configuration is a breeze with yast2.

Forgive me if I'm being naive (but I'm an Ubuntu user), is there a place where you can choose from list of servers for the repositories? I've found the configuration, but you have to manually put in the details - is this the only method to do this or is there another way?

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I may have spoken too soon, I installed it on a seperate drive to get a better idea of what its like. Everything is great, except I can't connect to the internet.

How on earth do you set up a PPPOE connection in Opensuse?? It doesn't have pppoeconf and if i set it up from the yast menu it doesn't work, if i try and add one in the network manger it doesn't work. I even tried to use manual settings and not use the Network manager applet and that didn't work either.

If anybody could shed some light on this, it would be appreciated

Thanks

[kilos]

Hi Tim, I hope this helps and welcome to OpenSuSE, I am learning Ubuntu

SOFTWARE REPOSITORY (maybe their is a list of server, but I did the following)
Goto yast -> Software -> Software Repositories -> Edit one of the Original Servers
Server Name: opensuse.mirror.ac.za
Directory on Server: /opensuse/update/11.2/

Make sure it is enabled

File location
/etc/zypp/repos.d/Updates_for_openSUSE_11.2-0.repo

[Updates_for_openSUSE_11.2-0]
name=Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0
enabled=1
autorefresh=1
baseurl=http://opensuse.mirror.ac.za/opensuse/update/11.2/
path=/
type=rpm-md
keeppackages=0

PPPOE
Just setup my 11.2 with 2 PPPoE account under YAST -> Network Devices -> DSL
"rcnetwork restart" or manually start the dsl0 and dsl1 interfaces.

Setup the routes to point to an interface DSL1 for local WebAfrica or OpenWeb Account
Default Router should via dsl0 interface

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91305

Location of your ADSL Account (Providers)
/etc/sysconfig/network/providers (2 or more providers)
cat provider0

ASKPASSWORD='no'
AUTODNS='yes'
AUTO_RECONNECT='yes'
DEFAULTROUTE='yes'
DEMAND='no'
DSLSUPPORTED='yes'
IDLETIME='900'
IPADDR=''
ISDNSUPPORTED='no'
MODEMSUPPORTED='no'
MODIFYDNS='yes'
MODIFYIP='yes'
PASSWORD='xxxxxxxx'
PHONE=''
PROVIDER='WebAfrica-Local'
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
USERNAME='xxxxx@wadsl.is'

wget http://www.alm.za.net/ip/localroutes5.txt

export LOCAL="dsl1"  [LOCAL INTERFACE]
route add -net 17.255.248.0/23 $LOCAL
route add -net 32.106.152.0/24 $LOCAL
route add -net 32.106.153.0/24 $LOCAL

etc ..............
etc ..............

ps aux|grep pppd "to check if the services are running"
ifconfig dsl0

Still busy testing

cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
Should be = 1 for IP Forwarding

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Thanks a lot kilos! Will give it a try first thing tomorrow. I'm running the local/international PPPOE split with Ubuntu Karmic - give me a shout if you need any help.

[kilos]

Thanks Tim, I had an issue where I could not ping from my workstation.
YAST -> Security - Internal Interface was assigned as an ext zone

[kilos]

As soon as my sshd service is started, I see a remote ssh session to the following IP address in Brazil
Make sure your updates are done and firewalls are setup
# rcsshd start
# netstat -patune|grep -i ssh
tcp 0 0 196.2xx.xxx.xxx:22 201.0.161.212:54759 ESTABLISHED 0 62367 18749/sshd: [accept

telnet 201.0.161.212 80
Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) PHP/5.2.6-1+lenny3 with Suhosin-Patch Server at 127.0.1.1 Port 80

Anyone else see anything suspicious when the enter netstat -patune|less

tail -f /var/log/messages
Nov 14 22:23:55 linux-1mzj sshd[18549]: Invalid user administrator from 201.0.161.212
Nov 14 22:24:00 linux-1mzj sshd[18554]: Invalid user tads from 201.0.161.212

OK just random scripts running, wow I just installed the server 2 days ago, this occurred 6 min
after I installed ntop tonight must be co-incidental

Just another brute force attack as I was reminded change your SSH port to another pot ie 22 to 2222

[milomak]

tell you what. it seems like a beta version of a distro. Two things that make me change behaviour compared to the other 3 distros I have installed:

- it can't handle an lvm partition that F12 beta, debian sid and archlinux have had no issue with. in OS11.2 I have to manually mount the partition. Which is the one that has most of my data.

- The KDE device notifier is screwed

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Thanks, I got everything working. Me, the idiot, just didn't set the routing for the connection. I'm just so used to Ubuntu and the way it works now - that OpenSuse feels a bit too foreign still, will play around a bit more. It's also not as fast as Ubuntu, not thats its slow, Ubuntu is just really really quick.

[The_Librarian]

Yup, change SSH to port 222, and use a strong password.

A good idea would be a script to check for failed logons on your SSH port, and block those IP's automatically.

There's a script to do just that on the Smoothwall forums : http://community.smoothwall.org/foru...?f=26&t=28674&

I already have my Smoothwall blocking incoming SSH on ports 22 and 222, so I'm not really fazed by that sort of attack

[The_Librarian]

and in completely unrelated news, the PC from which I'm doing the openSuSE 11.2 download at work keeps on falling over



Hope the d/l finishes before Monday...

[kilos]

Yup, change SSH to port 222, and use a strong password.

There's a script to do just that on the Smoothwall forums : http://community.smoothwall.org/foru...?f=26&t=28674&

incoming SSH on ports 22 and 222, so I'm not really fazed by that sort of attack

Thanks for the advice,time to fire up that old P3 box and load Smoothwall or IPCop

[DrJohnZoidberg]

and in completely unrelated news, the PC from which I'm doing the openSuSE 11.2 download at work keeps on falling over



Hope the d/l finishes before Monday...

You should put your PC on a more stable surface maybe, like a desk or the floor works great too