2008/8/7 Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Aug 7, 2008, at 1:23 AM, Michael J McCafferty wrote: > >> How do I do it in RedHat ? All of the docs I can find seem to discuss >> how to do it as a network firewall. [snip] > Red Hat (and derivatives) store their configuration rules, by default, in > /etc/sysconfig/iptables (which is what /etc/init.d/iptables uses to read and > load the rulesets). So, any rules you set up can be saved in that file and > the built-in tools will use them.
Rather than edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables directly, I've always found it simpler to use the standard iptables forwarding commands (iptables -A INPUT...) and then save the resulting chains to that file with 'service iptables save'. -- Brad Beyenhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://augmentedfourth.com If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~ E.B. White, writer (1899-1985) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
