iptable rules file

In ubuntu linux, by default where does the iptable rules gets saved ?


bsd unix

I believe this is what your looking for:


Quote: Save your firewall rules to a file

Code: $ sudo sh -c "iptables-save > /etc/iptables.rules"




spd106


The short answer is... they don't.

You can view the current rules with
iptables -L

Usually you would add the commands to create these rules into the /etc/network/interfaces file or to a shell script file and place that somewhere in the init system.

Since Network Manager took over it's a little bit different and I'm not entirely sure how it works. I think you need to place a script in the /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ folder.

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo


NB:- tested on ubuntu 8.04