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Old 06-16-2015, 11:38 AM   #1
Rodrigo Gomes
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Question Iptables if-pre-up blocking my network interfaces - Debian


Good day

First i'd like to say that i'm a completely noob at this Linux universe, so forgive me if this questions seems really stupid

I installed Debian at a laptop to be a torrent box + DLNA server, i had a Raspberry Pi doing this but I reached a high number of seeding and I had to upgrade it, anyway everything was running fine when I decided to mess with iptables, now I can't start any network interface, when I try ifup wlan0 or eth0 I get this message, "failed o exec /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables: no such file (...) exited with return code 1."

The file is there with 777 permission and root as owner, I searched all over the internet looking for a solution, but i can't find a answer.

If anyone can give me the direction to follow I'll appreciate.

Thank you
 
Old 06-16-2015, 11:59 AM   #2
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when I decided to mess with iptables
In what way?
You're saying it worked, then it didn't work but not detailing what you might of done to cause that.
 
Old 06-16-2015, 12:31 PM   #3
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Sefyir thank you for reply.

After install everything was working, I could use wlan and eth.

I used this guide to set some rules at iptables (https://www.lisenet.com/2014/configu...ian-wheezy-pc/)

Code:
# iptables -t filter -nL

# iptables -F
# iptables -X
# iptables -t nat -F
# iptables -t nat -X
# iptables -t mangle -F
# iptables -t mangle -X

# nano /etc/iptables.up.rules
Add these lines to the file

*filter
-F INPUT
-F OUTPUT
-F FORWARD

-P INPUT ACCEPT
-P FORWARD DROP
-P OUTPUT ACCEPT

-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT ! -i lo -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

-A OUTPUT -o lo -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

COMMIT

Code:
# iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules
# nano /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptable
add these lines to the file

#!/bin/bash
/sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules

Code:
# chmod 0755 /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables
then I thought it could be a permission problem and changed to 0777

and that is it, now I can't start any network interface.
If I use Ifup wlan0 or ifup eth0 I get this message, "failed o exec /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables: no such file (...) exited with return code 1."

I really dont know what I did, and worst than that I cant undo it.
 
Old 06-16-2015, 12:54 PM   #4
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Ok. so changing the file back to 755 would be smart since it should be owned by root anyways. Sometimes having too lax permissions will cause it to fail (running a script as root that anyone can modify is a bad idea)

From the error it looks like it is looking for /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables, deciding it doesn't exist and exiting.
What happens when you run:
Code:
/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables
As a fyi, if you have a policy of accepting packets (-P INPUT ACCEPT), in most cases having rules to accept packets is useless. This means the only rule that actually does anything in your INPUT is -A INPUT ! -i lo -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT

Last edited by Sefyir; 06-16-2015 at 12:59 PM.
 
Old 06-16-2015, 01:11 PM   #5
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I run it and got this message, "/sbin/iptables-restore: bad interpreter: No such file or directory"

I checked the directory and the file is there, but I cant read it, I believe its encrypted.

About iptables rules, Is there any default rules set to apply?
 
Old 06-16-2015, 02:53 PM   #6
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So far:
If you run ifconfig to raise a device it runs your script which then results in
Code:
failed o exec /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables
Checking your script reveals this line
Code:
/sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules
Running this line manually results in this error
Code:
 "/sbin/iptables-restore: bad interpreter: No such file or directory"
iptables-restore is a program, much like ssh or bash. It's not encrypted but in binary format (versus human readable format like a bash script)
I'm not sure why iptables-restore isn't being found, but if you remove that line from your code does the problem go away? Mostly to see if that isolates the problem.

This line
Code:
/sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules
from this file?
Code:
/etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables

Last edited by Sefyir; 06-16-2015 at 02:55 PM.
 
Old 06-17-2015, 08:35 PM   #7
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Hi I did it, and nothing changed.

So I tried to clean the file and use the following command

Code:
# cat > /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables << EOL
#!/bin/bash
/sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules
EOL
Then everything back to normal, I dont know how but now its working.

Thank you Sefyir for your help
 
  


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