[CentOS] Why iptables are not working?

Wed Jan 23 21:56:06 UTC 2008

On Wednesday 23 January 2008 06:25, Tolun ARDAHANLI wrote:

>  in our server we dont have "iptables" command! and i am trying to install
> it with that
>
>  yum -y install iptables
>
>  after this command it says that "...nothings to do". Do you have any
>  suggestion for installing the iptables?
>
>  thanks a lot....

It is most likely installed as this is default unless you tell the install 
program not to install it.

To start IPTALBES:

 service iptables start

To ensure it starts all the time on reboot:

 chkconf --level 2345 iptables on

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Regards
Robert

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