how to know if firewall on?

[mike]

iptables is not a command on my linux box.  is it located somewhere i can
run it or can i do a differnt way?

On 1/12/06, Rick Stevens <rstevens at vitalstream.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 07:39 -0800, mike wrote:
> > i have some sort of communication between a windows client and my
> > linux box that is failing, and i want to check if this is a firewall
> > issue.  how do i do this on my linux box?
>
> You can see if the firewall on Linux is running by using the command:
>
>        iptables -L -n
>
> as the root user.  If you see any rules displayed, then the firewall is
> running.  To turn it off temporarily, use the command
>
>        service iptables stop
>
> as the root user.  To turn it on again:
>
>        service iptables start
>
> as the root user.
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