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=== Common Commands === | === Common Commands === | ||
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| − | + | # start iptables | |
| − | + | service iptables start | |
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| − | + | # get current status | |
| + | service iptables status | ||
| + | |||
| + | # stop iptables | ||
| + | service iptables stop | ||
| + | |||
| + | # restart iptables | ||
| + | service iptables restart | ||
| + | |||
| + | # save any newly added rules | ||
| + | service iptables save | ||
| + | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
== Structure of | == Structure of | ||
Revision as of 13:36, 15 November 2012
Configuration file location and command commands
Configuration file
The iptables configuration file is located at: /etc/sysconfig/iptables. The contains all the tables, chains and rules. Additional configurations can be added directly to this file or via command line tools.
Common Commands
# start iptables
service iptables start
# get current status
service iptables status
# stop iptables
service iptables stop
# restart iptables
service iptables restart
# save any newly added rules
service iptables save== Structure of