You could try using iptables-save as the command to save the iptables. I believe that is what i did and it worked fine.
-Mark On Sunday 25 January 2004 11:52 am, Roy Kidder wrote: > I'm having a hard time figuring out how Gentoo loads its iptables rules > via the init script. I've edited /var/lib/iptables/rules-save (adding > rules allowing inbound DHCP, inboubt tcp with the established bit set, > etc, etc) and then run "/etc/init.d/iptables start" which looks like it > runs just fine (it loads the modules ip_tables and iptable_filter). But > when I look at the tables (iptables-save), all I get is this: > > # Generated by iptables-save v1.2.8 on Sun Jan 25 11:39:24 2004 > *filter > > :INPUT ACCEPT [8:8156] > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [7:364] > > COMMIT > # Completed on Sun Jan 25 11:39:24 2004 > > If I add the same rules from hand via the command line, it works just > fine, however. > > Anyone have any idea? > > Thanks, > Roy > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list