Make sure you don't expect BOTH the script and /etc/sysconfig/iptables to work together. It will depend on which loads first and what each one overwrites. Many scripts flush and delete existing chains... Hmmm?
Regards, Peter ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: Why doesnt iptables load the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file? Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 17:50:45 -0000 From: "Mike Burger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> How, exactly, are you restarting iptables. If you "service iptables start", the init script should read that /etc/sysconfig/iptables file and implement that saved configuration. linux power <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Why doesnt linux load the /etc/sysconfig/iptables > file? > I have a shell script I run with the iptables rules, > and they are saved in /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. > But when I restart iptables it dont load the file. > The permissions for the file is --rw--r--r > The permissions was before I changed it --rw-- --- > I have checked that the rules are not loaded with > /sbin/iptables -L > It worked a few days ago. Is it the cron demon that > change the settings. > > > ______________________________________________________ > Se den nye Yahoo! Mail p? http://no.yahoo.com/ > Nytt design, enklere ? bruke, alltid tilgang til > Adressebok, Kalender og Notisbok > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org, or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------------------------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list