--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Christopher K. Johnson <ckjohnson@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Christopher K. Johnson <ckjohnson@xxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: set up NAT (network address translation) on local server > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 10:27 AM > It appears from your email that there was an editing error > at the COMMIT or line after. > Perhaps instead of a line-end on those lines it has spaces > and wrapped them into one long line? > Could happen from copy and paste depending on > circumstances. > Check that each rule is on its own line. > I reset the iptables back to the original condition and added them, but still no joy :( [root@localhost ~]# gedit /etc/sysconfig/iptables & [1] 8516 [root@localhost ~]# service iptables stop iptables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ] iptables: Unloading modules: [ OK ] [root@localhost ~]# service iptables restart iptables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ] iptables: Unloading modules: [ OK ] iptables: Applying firewall rules: Bad argument `iptables' Error occurred at line: 2 Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information. [FAILED] [root@localhost ~]# service iptables stop iptables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: nat filter [ OK ] iptables: Unloading modules: [ OK ] [root@localhost ~]# iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT [1]+ Done gedit /etc/sysconfig/iptables [root@localhost ~]# iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT [root@localhost ~]# iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -s 192.168.1.0/24 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 10.154.19.210 [root@localhost ~]# iptables-save # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.1.1 on Thu Nov 20 13:14:50 2008 *nat :PREROUTING ACCEPT [5:692] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.0/24 -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 10.154.19.210 COMMIT # Completed on Thu Nov 20 13:14:50 2008 # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.1.1 on Thu Nov 20 13:14:50 2008 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [2483:1813687] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [2598:1049836] -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Thu Nov 20 13:14:50 2008 [root@localhost ~]# service iptables restart iptables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: nat filter [ OK ] iptables: Unloading modules: [ OK ] iptables: Applying firewall rules: [ OK ] iptables: Loading additional modules: ip_conntrack_netbios_[ OK ] [root@localhost ~]# service dhcpd start Starting dhcpd: [ OK ] [root@localhost ~]# The iptables get back to original state. error in iptables-save ?/bug [root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/iptables # Firewall configuration written by system-config-securitylevel # Manual customization of this file is not recommended. *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0] -A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 50 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p 51 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp --dport 5353 -d 224.0.0.251 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited COMMIT Thanks, Antonio -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines