Hi

im trying to open up the uucp port 540 on a server running linux redhat8.0.
it is using iptables.
i have edited /etc/sysconfig/iptables and added an entry.

IPTABLES -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 540 --syn -j ACCEPT

when i do an iptables -L i get

target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:uucp flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN


i believe that means that its properly configured.

however when i do a port scan using nmap -sT -O localhost
it doesnt show 540 as being open.

can anybody offer some help.
not too sure where to look

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sorry i posted this here first and i realized i was in the wrong forum

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