Firewall problem

[aaaeth]

After installing Panther, I went to the sharing window to decide what ports to allow. The message given to me is as follows: Other firewall software is running on your computer. To change the Apple firewall settings, turn off the other firewall sofware.

Does anybody have any idea how I go about doing that???

[josephx]

I'm assuming you're running Norton Internet Security or the like? I just checked my "Sharing" preference pane and found the same message when I clicked the "Firewall" tab. If you are running NIS you need to make your port changes in NIS.

-joe.

[aaaeth]

The only program I have similar to the Norton is Virex 7.2. Ive shut it down, short of trashing it... I still get the same message. What am I doing wrong.

Thanks

[yellow]

2 solutions:

1) Hit the Terminal, type: sudo ipfw flush
Enter your admin password when prompted. Go to your precious GUI and see if you can control it now.

If that fails:

2) Delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist and reboot.

[KCK]

Originally posted by yellow
2 solutions:

1) Hit the Terminal, type: sudo ipfw flush
Enter your admin password when prompted. Go to your precious GUI and see if you can control it now.

If that fails:

2) Delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist and reboot.

I had the same problem after my Panther install. Option #2 above was the solution to my problem.

[aaaeth]

I used option 2 and it worked perfectly.

Thank you....

[jeanne]

Hi,
I tried both of the below:

1) Hit the Terminal, type: sudo ipfw flush
Enter your admin password when prompted. Go to your precious GUI and see if you can control it now.

If that fails:

2) Delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.sharing.firewall.plist and reboot.

But I still get the; 'Other firewall software is running on your computer' message in system pref. I had brickhouse installed but have deleted it from the system

Help please.