iptables --list does not show pre or postrouting rules

thllgo · 01-27-2010, 05:11 PM

I'm running on RHEL 5

I have a PREROUTING rule that redirects port 443 to port 8443. If I do "iptables --list" or "iptables -v --list" I see only the standard chains listed. As the prerouting rule is the only rule I have, it appears that I don't have any rules.

Is there a way to do a full and true listing of all rules other than "iptables-save"? You might just as well read the iptables file.

BTW when you do an iptables-save it shows something like

:INPUT ACCEPT [123939:493828]
What are those numbers?

Thank you

beadyallen · 01-27-2010, 05:59 PM

You need to specify the table (using -t). By default iptables assumes the 'filter' table. So you want

Code:

iptables -t nat --list

win32sux · 01-28-2010, 10:25 AM

You might also want to specify the -v option to make the output more verbose. Examples:

Code:

iptables -nvL

Code:

iptables -nvL -t nat

Quote:

Originally Posted by thllgo

:INPUT ACCEPT [123939:493828]
What are those numbers?

They are packet and byte counters.