[CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

[Tris Hoar]

On 29/06/2015 16:59, Max Pyziur wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, John R Pierce wrote:
>
>> On 6/28/2015 3:49 PM, Max Pyziur wrote:
>>>  I also seem to need to load
>>>  iptable_nat
>>>  nf_nat_ftp
>>>
>>>  via rc.local
>>>
>>>  Is this correct?
>>
>> only if you're running some Linux build from the 1990s.
>>
>> nothing on RHEL/CentOS should need anything in rc.local
>
>
> Then what is the appropriate way to ensure that these modules are loaded?
>
> Should they be placed in the /etc/init.d/iptables script?
> IPTABLES_MODULES="iptable_nat ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack ip_conntrack_ftp"
>
> or somewhere else?
>
> Thanks
>
> Max

It should do it automatically for you. Try it. Editing system init 
scripts is rarely recommended.

Tris





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