Don Russell wrote:
Twice now, I've applied new rules using iptables -I... to accept
specific traffic, and each time those rules "disappeared" a little
while later...
I don't see anything in "man iptables" like "... and don't you forget
it!"
(Of course maybe I missed it...)
This is FC7.... using the cli iptables commands from root.... I also
used webmin with the same effect.
Why are the new rules not remembered?
Thanks
For anybody following this saga.... the problem is not with "iptables",
but with "firestarter", or the combination of the two.
A new bug is born:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=254147
(It is cross-referenced with the original bug I filed against iptables,
and the iptables one closed)
Don Russell (OP)