iptables redhat 7.1 installation script

[Wayne Topa]

	Subject: iptables redhat 7.1 installation script
	Date: Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:15:01PM -0700

In reply to:Arlana Alea

Quoting Arlana Alea(aba@wx.gd-es.com):
> I wrote a script file, iptables, that contains all my rules for my
> firewall for a Linux 2.4.2 Redhat 7.1 system.
> I placed the script file in /etc/sysconfig.  I saw in
> /etc/init.d/iptables checks for a config file = /etc/sysconfig/iptables.
> 
> Once the system was up and running I did the following
> 
> /etc/init.d/iptables restart
> 
> and got the following
> 
> Flushing all current rules and user defined chains:    [ OK ]
> Clearing all current rules and user defined chains:    [ OK ]
> Applying iptables firewall rules:                              [ OK ]
> Bad argument 'modprobe'
> Try 'iptables-restore -h' or iptables-restore --help; for more
> information.
> 
> [ FAILED ]
> 
> * I tried to comment out the lines that began with modprobe but then I'd
> get the same result except the
> Bad argument would be 'iptables'
> 
> I tried replacing the lines with /sbin/modprobe and /sbin/iptables.
> Those didn't work either.
> 
> My script file begins as follows:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> modprobe ipt_LOG
> modprobe ip_tables
> modprobe ip_conntrack
> modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp

Try this instead of the above

/sbin/depmod -a
/sbin/modprobe ip_conntrack

> 
> iptables -F
> iptables -X
> iptables -Z
> ...
> 
> Any clue to why this may be happening?  Your help is always greatly
> appreciated!
> 
> Thanks, LaNi
> 
> 

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