Chris Norman wrote:
Hi people,
I am running a server in college at the minute. I just re installed it
because (amoungst other things), IPTables wasn't doing anything. Now I
have exactly the same iptables problem.
If I do:
service iptables start
I just get returned to the prompt, the same with /etc/init.d/iptables
start.
Why am I getting no output, how can I get iptables to start please?
What output are you expecting? Some clarification on the terminology:
- "Netfilter" in the kernel is the business end of the firewall action,
and it's always on.
- /sbin/iptables is a commandline program to add, remove and manage
firwall rules in Netfilter from userland.
- /etc/init.d/iptables is a confusingly named utility script to store
and retreive lists of firewall rules and plug them into Netfilter using
the /sbin/iptables app
To see your current firewall situation
iptables -L -n
-Andy