On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Joe <j...@jretrading.com> wrote: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:06:37 +0500 > Muhammad Yousuf Khan <sir...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the clearing my concept. >> however i read some of the part via google that there is a file >> /etc/network/iptables in Debian from where all the startup scripts run >> for FW . may be i didnt got the correct idea out of it. as i am new >> and still learning. >> so i thought that rc.local is not an appropriate route to choose. > > That's a recommended default location if you use just the iptables-save > and -restore commands, but it isn't created on installation. A > newly-installed Debian system has no iptables infrastructure. > > But the save and restore commands only give you the iptables rules, and > you may want to do other network-related things when the 'service' is > started, such as loading conntrack modules for unusual protocols.
It's best to run an iptables script from "/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/". -- 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/CAOdo=sxrmy_5ybb7aprm-mn+1ho4+1iydmxjhxg90axhef5...@mail.gmail.com
