On 08/04/11 19:49, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I just did a test install off a netinstall iso to a mirror repo which left > no /etc/sysconfig/iptables file in place. > > So a quick check: > # yum whatprovides /etc/sysconfig/iptables --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=base --enablerepo=updates --disableplugin=\* > No Matches found > > Without that file iptables doesn't start as per the init script. Anyone > know what may be awry? > > Thanks, > jlc > /etc/sysconfig/iptables is created or owned by any package, it's created by running the iptables-save command. Try running iptables-save.