Docs for /etc/sysconfig/iptables and iptables-config?

Jeff Vian jvian10 at charter.net
Thu Jan 29 21:47:31 UTC 2004


Shawn Iverson wrote:

>I was wondering if someone could point me to documentation on the
>/etc/sysconfig/iptables and iptables-config files.  I currently have
>iptables turned off on FC1 and am using David Ranch's Masquerade-HOWTO
>scripts with modifications.  I would rather set up my iptables the "Fedora
>way" and use the native iptables init and sysconfig scripts.  I found info
>in iptables-save, iptables-restore, and iptables in the man pages, but that
>is about it.
>
>Can I simply do the following with my iptables up and running and then
>reconfigure my init scripts?
>
>iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables
>
>  
>
This will save the currently loaded set of rules to the output file, 
which will then be reloaded at start time.






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