Re: Help with Linux Basics

From: Allen Kistler (ackistler_at_oohay.moc)
Date: 12/31/03 

Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 22:28:50 GMT

Kevin Vaughn wrote:
> I'm a Linux newbie who has set up a RH9 workstation. I'm cutting my teeth
> on iptables, and was wondering if I could get some help. Specifically, I
> need to know how to make my configuration changes to iptables permanent....

netfilter config is stored in /etc/sysconfig/iptables
It is usually reloaded automatically on reboot.
You can reload it manually with

     /etc/init.d/iptables restart

or some folks prefer

     service iptables restart

You do not have to recompile the kernel to change rules.