my iptables setting not loaded after reboot in fc5

[Hongwei Li]

> On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 16:51 -0500, Hongwei Li wrote:
>> I also tried Firestarter. Strange thing is that I set some ports open
>> from it, and restart computer. Then, the iptables settings are the
>> "original output" plus whatever I set in firestarter, but the
>> file /etc/sysconfig/iptables goes back to "original" -- no port is
>> opened from that file.  So, the firestarter saves its setting
>> somewhere else and adds them on top of the "original setting".
>
> Have you read the guides for using Firestarter?
>
> With some of these firewall rule tools you run them instead of iptables,
> not in conjunction with iptables.  Firestarter might be one of them.
>
> --

I figured it out last night that the problem is Firestarter.  It overwrtes all
iptables settings.  I tried it one time, but don't feel it good and stopped. 
Then, all the problems came: no matter what I did with iptables, they are all
gone after reboot -- firestarter erases all iptables settings and uses its
firewall.  Since I didn't set anothing there, no port is opened.  Now, I check
it off and my iptables scripts are all working normally.

Anyway, thanks to all people's help.

Hongwei