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From: "Moti Levy" <moti@flncs.com>
Subject: Re: top level rules
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 09:24:35 -0400
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iptables -L -n --line0numbers will list the rule numbers 
iptables -I CHAINNAME rulenumber_to_insert REST OF RULE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Filip Sneppe" <filip.sneppe@cronos.be>
To: "Patrick Ahler" <patrick@vikus.com>
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Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: top level rules


> On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 14:25, Patrick Ahler wrote:
> > Is there any way to insert a new rule at the top of a table...
> > 
> > For instance, I have rules...
> > 
> > RULE 1
> > RULE 2
> > RULE 3
> > RULE 4
> > 
> > in order... but what if I want to place a rule before rule 1? Is that
> > possible?
> 
> Yes, just use the -I (insert) option of iptablesinstead of -A (append).
> 
> Regards,
> Filip
> 
> 
> 
>