On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Panayiotis Karabassis <pan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry for replying directly but I think you may want to read this.
No need sorry, very nice to have replies. > > You have: > Chain INPUT (policy DROP) > > This should be ACCEPT instead of DROP. Try: > > iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT > > Then do the same for the FORWARD chain (if you want to get a "vanilla" > configuration) Regarding "failed to open the port like cups" problem, one main reason was that, The iface lo inet loopback was commented out before in my /etc/network/interfaces. My poor knowledge really messed up lots of things. Thanks again for all the suggestions, it opened many windows for me. With all the best regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cag9cjmm1hbpeqrvbhmbha3jk3z8op+0apa2asayjtq33wn_...@mail.gmail.com