Send the output of the following commands: uname -a /sbin/iptables -V
---------------------------------------- > From: notr...@earthlink.net > Subject: Read txt file, add to iptables not working on new host > Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 22:44:38 -0400 > To: python-list@python.org > > First, let me say that I have no knowledge of or experience with Python > or Linux/Unix. I have a script which was written by a host tech person > that ran via cron on my old server. It was designed to read IP addresses > from a text file and add them to be blocked on iptables. That way, we > could add or remove IPs without involving tech support daily. It worked > great. > > Then we changed hosts and this script is now throwing errors on the new > server. This host runs Python 2.6.6. This is the script: > > #!/usr/bin/python > import os,time > > ##Input, Output, and TimeStamp > inFile = open('/var/www/html/mydomain.com/banlist.txt','r') > logFile = open('/var/log/banList.log','w') > stamp = time.asctime(time.localtime()) > > > ##Daily Flush of blockList rules before re-applying Blocks > os.popen('/sbin/iptables -F INPUT') > logFile.write(stamp), logFile.write('\n'), logFile.write('Flushing > Rules..\n') > > ##Loop to read in file and Apply rules to IPtables > for line in inFile.readlines(): > tmp = line.split(';') > IP = tmp[0] > outPut = os.popen( '/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s' + ' ' + IP + ' ' + '-j > REJECT' ) > logFile.write(IP), logFile.write(' - Has been blocked '), > logFile.write(stamp),logFile.write > > > The errors we're getting are like these: > > Bad argument `174.37.65.204' > Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information. > Bad argument `94.159.162.182' > Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information. > Bad argument `95.134.132.98' > Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information. > etc. > > Entries from the banlist.txt are like these: > > 200.193.54.138; February 9, 2013, 7:42 am <br> > 87.120.57.4; February 9, 2013, 7:42 am <br> > 82.206.129.160; February 9, 2013, 7:43 am <br> > etc. > > I know the error points to a bad iptables command. > Can someone tell me what change(s) I need to make to this script to get > it working again? Thanks. > > > > -- > My email address on the header is a non-monitored spam catching account. > I can be reached via http://www.wvnh.net/contact.htm > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list