On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 15:20 -0400, Jim wrote: > FC11-X86_64/Kde > > Trying to setup VNC in fedora 11 but if I put the following line in > /etc/syconfig/iptables ; > > # 5901 corresponds to :1, 5902 for :2 and so on. > -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 5901:5902 -j ACCEPT > > Then do # service iptables restart , it fails. > > What is happening ?? *What* fails? iptables fails to restart? VNC fails to work? If it's VNC failing, that could be because an earlier iptable rule is preventing it, and your "allow" rule has been appended to the end (where it won't actually do anything, depending on what came before). Post the whole set of rules for us to have a look at. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines