On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 4/23/2002 05:50 PM -0700, you wrote: > > >I believe issuing a simple "service iptables save" will save your current > > >set of rules and modules, then automatically load those at next system > > >startup. > > > >Hey, McGruff, that's pretty handy ... I didn't know the init script had > >that feature. Thanks. > > My pleasure. > > Back when I actually learned ipchains, I spent about two *weeks* asking > everyone how best to save my config and get it activated upon reboot. After > 17 trillion repeats of "run your script from rc.local" (which I didn't like > since rc.local is pretty much the last thing to run), someone finally > slapped me upside the head and told me this... been loving it ever since.
you might actually want to peruse the script /etc/init.d/iptables to see exactly what happens when you run "service iptables save", "service iptables stop" and so on. you'll get a better appreciation of what iptables is really up to. rday _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
