Re: Saving IPTable rules..oops

[Les Mikesell <les@futuresource.com>]

On Wed, 2004-12-29 at 14:15, R. DuFresne wrote:

> > The way I've typically seen it work is that the init.d/iptables script
> > calls iptables-restore and passes it the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. 
> > This file is written when you do init.d/iptables save.
> 
> 
> perhaps on redhat and debian, and maybe suse systems that have moved away
> from the standard upon which linux was formed, namely bsd.

Linux is a kernel and it leans more in the sysV direction.  As I
recall, the early versions supported termio.h, not sgtty.h before things
converged to the posix termios.h

> Those dists
> that retain their bsd layouts have no /etc/init.d directory, everything
> lies under /etc/rc.d/. 

Retain?  Perhaps you mean 'were built separately', omitting the sysv
init functionality?

> And it's a shame things are seperating out in
> the linux world like this as many of the tools and toys bewing created
> either conform to the new redhat layouts or follow older established
> standards.  

SysV and bsd styles separated before Linux was invented. It's a shame
they never converged and that bsd style distributions still don't have
a decent way to start and stop services.

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  Les Mikesell
   les@futuresource.com