On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 17:00, jludwig wrote: > On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 09:41, Douglas Furlong wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 15:01 +0300, Markku Kolkka wrote: > > > Andrea Marin kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 2. > > > heinäkuuta 2004 12:06): > > > > On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 10:58, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > > iptables-save is not the same as "service iptables save" > > > > > > > > Ops, is my digit error, but in my linux box I digit > > > > #iptables save > > > > > It is worth while investigating the service command, and it's associated > > commands, as it makes managing the server/workstation/firewall easier. > > > The correct I believe answer is that service passes the command 'save' > to the init.d script. If you open these scripts you will find at least > 'start' and 'stop'.-- > jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx> My questions is that after I use the script /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables save, the result is 1)the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables is correctly completed 2)the script create a new file in this directory named iptables.save The firewall is correctly configured my questions is: because the script make a copy of iptables and call it iptables.save? Thanks Andrea Italy Turin
