Firewall question

mak3 · 04-01-2005, 03:35 AM

This is a probably a really stupid question but how do I disable the firewall (i.e. allow all connections) on a Debian (Woody) installation from the command line?

TIA.

paul.nel · 04-01-2005, 03:48 AM

Try

Code:

/etc/init.d/iptables stop

but I would suggest you rather visit www.tldp.org for a good howto on setting up a firewall.

mak3 · 04-01-2005, 03:52 AM

Thanks, I tried the command but that path does not exist and /sbin/iptables says that 'stop' is a bad argument.

I will have a look at the tutorial but all I really need to do is disable it.

b:z · 04-01-2005, 04:13 AM

# service iptables stop

However which benefit can you get when stop it?