Robert Spangler wrote: > 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 > that doesn't actually 'start iptables', rather that sets it so the system firewall scripts are run at startup. /sbin/iptables isn't actually a service, its a command line tool for manipulating and displaying the kernel firewall rule tables. the /etc/init.d/iptables 'service' script runs the rules scripts in /etc/sysconfig/iptables and -config files, which in turn are configured by lokkit or whatever. anyone building custom firewall rules, with smoothwall or whatever, will probably use a different startup script... I frequently call mine /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall and invoke it from my own /etc/init.d/firewall 'service' entry.