> You should also change > > IPTABLES_SAVE_ON_RESTART="no" > > to > > IPTABLES_SAVE_ON_RESTART="yes" > > as well in /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config. Then make all the desired changes > you > want in iptables rules and save them (just in case) by > > iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables > > Then your rules should survive system reboots. > > Filippos > No, it gets even worse -- erased all of my settings and put something like: # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Thu May 18 14:04:52 2006 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] COMMIT # Completed on Thu May 18 14:04:52 2006 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Thu May 18 14:04:52 2006 *mangle :PREROUTING ACCEPT [5249:508453] :INPUT ACCEPT [5249:508453] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [2607:420915] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [2608:421173] COMMIT # Completed on Thu May 18 14:04:52 2006 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Thu May 18 14:04:52 2006 *nat :PREROUTING ACCEPT [544:96419] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [119:9123] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [119:9123] COMMIT # Completed on Thu May 18 14:04:52 2006 in the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables and no port (22, 80, etc.) is open after reboot. Hongwei
