Re: rc.local

[/dev/rob0 <rob0@gmx.co.uk>]

Visham Ramsurrun wrote:
> Can anyone tell me about the additional configurations that have to 
> be done after i paste of my the contents of my iptables script in

Distro questions belong in a distro forum. I can guarantee that what 
you're doing is the wrong way to set up a firewall at boot time, in any 
distro with which I am familiar. Check your distro's documentation about 
"firewall" or "iptables" and find out the right way to do it.

> rc.local. What things do I have to do for it to take the iptables
> rules in it? I did an iptables -L but no rules were present.

rc.local, like other startup scripts, is a shell script. Do learn what 
that means; I cannot help you unless you know what can/should be in a 
script. Perhaps your time would be best spent at this point in finding 
some basic bash and shell tutorials.

I will throw in a WAG, however: your "script" might have been a set of 
rules for iptables-restore(8).
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