On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> wrote:

> On 11/11/2010 11:59 AM, Scott Hughes wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net
>>
>>    Something's changing iptables. If it's not changing the
>>    /etc/sysconfig/iptables file, then it must be changing iptables on
>>    the fly, after init starts iptables (which uses the
>>    /etc/sysconfig/iptables file). Anything in rc.local?
>>
>>
>>    --
>>    -Eric 'shubes'
>>
>>
>> I think you may have found the issue.  Here is what is in rc.local
>>
>> ## Bring up firewall
>> /sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/rc.d/firewall.ruleset
>>
>> I think that is what is causing my issue.
>>
>> Would it be okay to change the /etc/rc.d/firewall.ruleset  to
>>  /etc/sysconfig/iptables ??
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Scott
>>
>>
> rc.local is used for local customization. I've no idea how what you have
> got there. I do have a firewall.ruleset file on my system, but it doesn't
> belong to any package, and I don't see anywhere that it's used.
>
> I would simply comment out what you have in rc.local, and let the stock
> settings operate as they do. Just check to be sure that iptables is started
> (# chkconfig --list iptables), and iptables should start normally with
> whatever is in your /etc/sysconfig/iptables file.
>
> You might do
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>


Commenting out that line in rc.local seems to have done the trick.  I have
this same issue on two of my QMT boxes. They were both loaded from the QMT 5
ISO cd-rom. Might be something that needs to be checked.

Thanks again Eric!

Scott

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