IPTables won't start

[Joost Waversveld]

If you use the iptables service you must define your rules defined in 
/etc/sysconfig/iptables. You can edit some defaults in 
/etc/sysconfig/iptables-config.

Otherwise you can make an shell-script which loads the rules. Quick example:
=================
#!/bin/sh

echo

echo "Loading some modules"
/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack
/sbin/modprobe ip_nat_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp

echo

echo "Deleting all existing rules"
iptables -F
iptables -t nat -F

echo

echo "chain defaults"
iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT

# HTTP
iptables -A INPUT -p 6 -s 0/0 -d 1.2.3.4--dport  80 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p 6 -s 0/0 -d 1.2.3.4--dport 443 -j ACCEPT

=================

You can just execute this script to load the firewall... check with 
"iptables -L".

Goodluck,

Joost Waversveld

> On 1/18/06, Chris Norman <cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> The subject says it all really. I can't get IPTables to start.
>>
>> Neither the command "service iptables start" or "/etc/init.d/iptables
>> start"
>> does anything.
>>
>> Can anyone help please?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Chris Norman
>> <!-- chris.norman4 at ntlworld.com -->
>
>
> To my knowledge, iptables is not a service, but a part of the kernel. Why do
> you think that it is not working?
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