[wellylug] Redhat ES3

[Pete Black]

Most likely, the script is /etc/sysconfig/iptables - although some 
config directives are in /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config

the /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables script sticks those two files together in 
some less-than-intuitive way when invoked.

Generally, the 'redhat way' - as far as I understand it is to set up 
iptables using whatever rules-generator you want, then issue the comand 
'service iptables save' which writes the current iptables ruleset to 
/etc/sysconfig/iptables, which is subsequently loaded on boot.

If you haven't set up any firewalling, the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file 
won't exist, so run '/sbin/service iptables save' to create it.

I don't think there is a built in graphical or console 'iptables wizard' 
included in RH ES or Fedora, but I could just be too used to hacking 
iptables scripts by hand to have ever needed to look for it.


Hope that helps

-Pete

>Hi,
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>Has anyone got any idea how to change the on-boot (i.e default) settings
>for iptables on a RH ES3 box doing it the "redhat way"
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>cheers
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>jamie
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