From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tahmeed Subject: Re: /etc/sysconfig/iptables does not load on reboot Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 11:44:08 +0600 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: tahmeed Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: dleangen@canada.com Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org hello David, after u configure iptables - directly or via a script issue=20 iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables then ur conf will be saved in the mentioned file & be available while restarting the service or reboot. else the system will use the default conf that have been set up during the installation of the system. and=20 "iptables-restore" :: resets the conf to the system default which means u lost the conf u just did. thanks. On 7/2/05, David Leangen wrote: >=20 > Hello! >=20 > On FC3, my file /etc/sysconfig/iptables is not being loaded on reboot. Fo= r > some reason, my iptables is being loaded with some kind of default values= . >=20 > I thought that the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables was supposed to be loaded > via iptables-restore (and indeed this appears to be so according to the > startup script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables). Is there something that I a= m > not understanding correctly? >=20 >=20 > Thank you! >=20 >=20 >=20 --=20 Happy! If not now never