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
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