Re: move rule to a position

[Grant Taylor <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net>]

On 06/17/10 03:26, Mamadou Touré wrote:
> Hi, all i'd like to move rule to a position.
> ex: i've these rules :
> 1- iptable -A -p TCP --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
> 2- iptable -A -p TCP --dport 21 -j ACCEPT
> 3- iptable -A -p UDP --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
> 
> after executing these command is there a mean to move rule at
> position 3 to position 1 ?
> So that the rule at 1 could go to 2 and 2 to 3.

I think your best bet will be to insert a duplicate of rule 3 before the 
current rule #1 and then delete what will become rule #4.  I.e.:

    iptables -I 1 -p UDP --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
    iptables -D 4

Note:  I'm use to specifying the chain (FORWARD,INPUT,OUTPUT), so I'm 
not exactly sure how well those rules will work as typed.  Y.M.M.V.



Grant. . . .