Command to restart Linux Firewall in Slackware

rickyinman · 06-25-2006, 09:10 AM

I am a relative newbie to Linux. I have Slackware 10.2 installed. I have been using it as a Proxy server for a few months now (all seems to be going well). Now I want to use this same machine as a firewall. I have been able to edit the iptables, but I don't know how to restart the firewall after I save my changes. I have been restarting the machine. I know there has to be a command line that I can execute to do this. Can anyone help?

thanks

Gethyn · 06-25-2006, 09:15 AM

Try

Code:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables restart

slzckboy · 06-25-2006, 09:19 AM

more likely to be

/etc/rc.d/rc.iptables restart

in slackware.

do locate rc.iptables if u run into trouble.

ta.

Bruce Hill · 06-25-2006, 10:23 AM

Perhaps a stab in the dark, but most new Linux users generate a rc.firewall script. If you did this, then:

Code:

/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall restart

is what you'll need to run.

fedora4002 · 06-25-2006, 11:34 PM

Does
/sbin/servcie iptables restart

work?

Bruce Hill · 06-26-2006, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fedora4002

Does
/sbin/servcie iptables restart

work?

We don't have that in Slackware:

Code:

mingdao@silas:~$ ls -lh /sbin/servcie
/bin/ls: /sbin/servcie: No such file or directory

not even with service spelled correctly:

Code:

mingdao@silas:~$ ls -lh /sbin/service
/bin/ls: /sbin/service: No such file or directory
mingdao@silas:~$

prozac · 06-26-2006, 12:26 AM

@chinaman
if there is a rc.firewall script, it may or maynot have a start|stop|restart clause in it (depends upon the author though)

@rickyinman
you should write a firewall script yourself and place it under the directory /etc/rc.d with the name rc.firewall. then everytime you need to change something, you can do it in the rc.firewall and just re-run it as you would to any ordinary script. you will get tons of examples on how to write one yourself on the web. the security section of LQ may have nice tutorials too.

Bruce Hill · 06-26-2006, 12:31 AM

As I said before, the one "most new Linux users generate" does. Can't possibly cover all the variantions of the few left over.

rickyinman,

If the one you're using isn't working to your satisfaction, use this one which has been fixed to work with Slackware.

Old_Fogie · 06-27-2006, 10:59 AM

guarddog makes /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall and so yeah......../etc/rc.d/rc.firewall restart is how you do it for that install.