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Save iptables rules

I set iptable rules but i cant remember the command for saving them. Someone remind me please. Regards

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Originally Posted by ochienged (Post 3121927)

I set iptable rules but i cant remember the command for saving them. Someone remind me please. Regards

The generic way:

Code:

iptables-save > /somewhere/example.txt

As you can see, you can save the config to any text file you want, but you should probably find-out which file your distro is configured to automatically restore them from at boot time and then save to that. Usually it's something like /etc/sysconfig/iptables or similar.

The Red Hat-based distro way:

Code:

service iptables save

iptables-restore as well is the counter

Code:

iptables-restore /somewhere/whateveryousavedas

saved my butt 10 min ago.