On 8/26/05, John Dangler <jdangler@atlantic.net> wrote:
> 
> I'm reading through the wiki doc on setting up iptables. There is a 
> section
> there that sets up a file called firewall.sh
> i've emerged iptables, but I don't have a file by that name on the system,
> and it seems that running "/etc/init.d/iptables save" writes this file as
> /var/lib/iptables/rules-save. Is there a specific directory where this 
> file
> should be written so that running "/etc/init.d/iptables save" can see it?
> Or can the rules-save file be edited and re-written? (It seems as though
> running "/etc/init.d/iptables save" would just over-write rules-save).
> 
> Thanks for the input.
> 
> John D


You first run the firewall.sh script. Then you do "/etc/init.d/iptables 
save" to save what you have just configured!

HTH,
Fernando