cant get OS X's firewall running

[Dreamwatch]

I've just unistalled Norton anti virus/firewall for Mac, went to activate OSX's inbuilt firewall. It wouldn't let me because it says that i havn't disabled other firewalls i alledgedly have running. But i havn't got a firewall running. Can anyone help?

 

[grapes911]

Make sure you delete every last Norton file. Then restart. Repair permissions if necessary.

Edit: Thanks Onizuka

 

[XNine]

Make sure you every last Norton file. Then restart. Repair permissions if necessary.

Make sure he "whats" every last Norton file?

LESSON 1. Norton is ****
LESSON 2. NORTON is ****
and LESSON 3. NORTON IS ****

Norton's software installs a file on your hard drive that disables the OS X firewall. Of course they don't explain this or document it, but it's there. If I were you I'd burn that Norton disc. Then suicide bomb the company headquarters. Their software (and tech support) is crap.

 

[yellow]

Also.. try this in the Terminal:

sudo ipfw show

If it's anything OTHER than

65535 # # allow ip from any to any

(Where # and # may or may not be numbers, and they don't matter)

Then ipfw is running and you can shut it down with:

sudo ipfw -q flush

 

[TDM21]

Also, if you have VPC, make sure it isn't running. I know that it won't allow you to enable the built in firewall.

 

[Dreamwatch]

Also.. try this in the Terminal:

sudo ipfw show

If it's anything OTHER than

65535 # # allow ip from any to any

(Where # and # may or may not be numbers, and they don't matter)

Then ipfw is running and you can shut it down with:

sudo ipfw -q flush

That's definatly worked, thanks a lot.

 

[yellow]

That's definatly worked, thanks a lot.

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