Re: when to start IPTables in RH9

From: Allen Kistler (ackistler_at_oohay.moc)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:22:40 GMT

Erik wrote:
> I have an RH9 Linux system running as Router/FW.
> IPTables 1.2.9 on it and running happily.
>
> [snip]
>
> For this, I would make a parallel directory for the partial IPTables
> scripts (eg. /etc/rc.d/iptables/S08named), which would be controlled
> by a mechanism incorporated in the /etc/rc.d mechanism (S08named
> things)
>
> Question is, how would I incorporate this parallel mechanism in the
> startup scripts and where ?

RH and Fedora already have an init script for iptables which loads rules
from /etc/sysconfig/iptables. You don't have to change it or create
another one. Just edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables.

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