RE: Netfilter on RH 7.3 (x86)

["Raj Wurttemberg" <rajw@c64.us>]

I figured it out...  No help required. 

It's strange that RedHat does not provide this file by default. :(

/*Raj*/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org 
> [mailto:netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of Raj 
> Wurttemberg
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 11:32 AM
> To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
> Subject: Netfilter on RH 7.3 (x86)
> 
> 
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I am new to this mailing list and new to iptables. I have an 
> x86 Linux system running RedHat 7.3 as my SMTP gateway. The 
> default RedHat install was using iptables 1.2.5. I have 
> recompiled my kernel (2.4.19) after applying the latest 
> netfilter "Patch-o-matic" and I have compiled and installed 
> iptables 1.2.7a.
> 
> I am more of a user and could not find any good HOWTO files 
> for this, so my example below is based completely on trial, 
> error, and learning. :) Please advise or correct me if I did 
> anything wrong. To get iptables installed on RedHat 7.3, I 
> had to do several things:
> 
> 1) Run "chkconfig --list" to verify the run levels for the 
> installed iptables 1.2.5
> 2) Copy the "iptables" file from the /etc/init.d to a 
> temporary directory for safe keeping.
> 3) Run "rpm -e iptables" to remove the installed iptables 1.2.5
> 4) Installed the new iptables 1.2.7a (/usr/local/sbin/)
> 5) Made symbolic links to the iptables files from the /sbin 
> directory (RedHat default location)
> 6) Copied the "iptables" file from my temporary directory 
> back to /etc/init.d directory
> 7) Run "chkconfig --add iptables" to add the service back 
> into the RedHat configuration
> 8) Run "ntsysv" and enabled iptables
> 9) Rebooted my server. Iptables 1.2.7a started properly
> 
> Now my system appears to be configured properly. Here is the 
> output of "iptables -L"
> 
> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target     prot opt source               destination
> 
> I can see that I have no firewall rules. I also see that the 
> iptables script in /etc/init.d is looking for a file called 
> "/etc/sysconfig/iptables". Is this the file that is supposed 
> to contain the rules? Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> /*Raj*/
>