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Old 01-21-2009, 10:41 AM   #1
kaplan71
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Question about an iptables option


Hi there --

I am testing out a script that checks the status of iptables. The script is the following text:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

# IPT='/usr/sbin/iptables'
IPT='/sbin/iptables'
GREP='/bin/grep'
AWK='/bin/awk'
EXPR='/usr/bin/expr'
WC='/usr/bin/wc'

STAT=0
OUTPUT=''
CHAINS=`$IPT -nvL | $GREP 'Chain' | $AWK '{ print $2 }'`

for CHAIN in $CHAINS ; do
        if [ "$CHAIN" != 'FORWARD' ] && [ "$CHAIN" != 'OUTPUT' ] && [ `$EXPR substr $CHAIN 1 4` != "LOG_" ] ; then
                CNT=`expr $($IPT -S $CHAIN | $WC -l) '-' 1`
                if [ $CNT -eq 0 ] ; then
                        OUTPUT="<b>${OUTPUT}ERROR $CHAIN $CNT rules!</b><br>"
                        STAT=2
                else
                        OUTPUT="${OUTPUT}OK $CHAIN $CNT rules<br>"
                fi
        fi
done

echo $OUTPUT

exit $STAT
The argument that I am unfamiliar with is the following:

Code:
$IPT -S $CHAIN | $WC -l
I have looked up the man page for iptables, and there is no reference to the -S argument. The version of iptables that is running on the server in question is version 1.3.8.

Is this argument available on another version of iptables, or should it be replaced by another one? Thanks.
 
Old 01-21-2009, 06:18 PM   #2
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It is --list-rules

In this case for each chain and it's counting the lines.

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