[NTLUG:Discuss] Iptables config file... where?

Kenneth Loafman ken at lt.com
Fri Jan 24 10:22:15 CST 2003


MadHat wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 10:06, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> 
>>MadHat wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 2003-01-24 at 09:43, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>This is a really stupid question... where does iptables hide the firewal 
>>>>config file/script?  I can run 'iptables -L' and things are configured, 
>>>>possibly defaults, but I need to make some additions, and I can't seem 
>>>>to find the config file.  Even the man page does not even have a FILES 
>>>>section, so why/where are they hiding it?
>>>>
>>>>This one is on a Debian system.
>>>>
>>>
>>>dpkg -p iptables
>>>
>>
>>Nope, have /etc/default/ipchains with ENABLED="no".  ipchains is 
>>"incompatible with this kernel".
>>
> 
> 
> Did you try the 
> dpkg -p iptables
> ?
> 

This is all I get...

lobe:/usr/share/doc/iptables/html# dpkg -p iptables
Package: iptables
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 672
Maintainer: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane at debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.2.2-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-1)
Size: 175174
Description: IP packet filter administration for 2.4.X kernels
  Iptables  is  used  to  set  up, maintain, and inspect the
  tables of IP packet filter  rules  in  the  Linux  kernel.
  The iptables tool also supports configuration of dynamic and static
  network address translation.






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