rc.local in fedora core 3

alvi2 · 09-07-2005, 10:38 PM

using fedora core 3
i put all the things in rc.local mean iptables rules and so on this file
but after rebooting nothing is pick the kernel from this file
????
are the architecture of fc3 is changed mean rc.local is changed from "/etc" to somewhere else

btmiller · 09-07-2005, 11:37 PM

The /etc/rc.local is the last things executed on system boot (before the login prompt appears). Are you putting actual iptables commands in here? If so they should work. You can put a few echo statemnts in there to be sure that the file is being parsed. Also, /etc/rc.local should be a symlink to /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.local (on RH based systems like FC3 at least).

Why not just use the existing FC firewall script, though?

alvi2 · 09-07-2005, 11:51 PM

can you explain me the last line
that is
"Why not just use the existing FC firewall script, though?"
there is no file at /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.local

i am using simple masquarding and some rules
that are
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward......
/sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING .......

but no masquarding after rebooting the system