CentOS does not open ports like that when you install a package, that's something you have to do yourself.
I recently heard a podcast (http://twit.tv/floss62) talking about eBox which sounded like a management platform that does something like what you are looking for. On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 7:02 PM, David M Lemcoe Jr. <fo...@lemcoe.com> wrote: > Let me clarify. When I install the web server packages on a Cent install. > > > ------Original Message------ > From: Brian Mathis > Sender: centos-boun...@centos.org > To: CentOS Mailing list > ReplyTo: CentOS Mailing list > Sent: Apr 7, 2009 19:00 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS automatically blocks port 80 out-of-the-box > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 6:57 PM, David M Lemcoe Jr. <fo...@lemcoe.com> wrote: >> Maybe I just haven't installed enough distros, but the times I've installed >> CentOS, I've had to remember that by default, iptables is blocking inbound >> port 80 requests. This leads me to believe that I have a non-OS firewall >> error because I can ping but not http request. >> >> Is there a particular reason for this? Or is it a fail on my end? >> >> Thanks, >> David > > > Not every server is a web server. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
