Re: stretch vs iptables auto-start
On Sunday 23 August 2020 15:45:22 Joe wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2020 14:26:19 -0400
>
> Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > Since the big conversion of file structs vs who owns what, which
> > apparently includes running rc.local as the logged in user and not
> > as root, that has hidden the iptables stuff from everybody but root
> > since its not now in the users $PATH.
> >
> > So what is the best way to assure this stuff gets started during a
> > reboot or restart of X? Stuff that s/b running regardless of any X
> > restarts until the next full reboot? Stretch, uptodate plus tde
> > here.
>
> My server iptables is inherited from, I think, sarge, so it's probably
> not done optimally today. It's an init script run from /etc/rcS.d.
Ah,/etc/rcS.d/S18netfilter-persistent
but that does not mention iptables anyplace in it. Whats the diff?
Or better yet, can this "netfilter" thingy import a set of rules saved
from iptables? Hey, I've got an idea, go RTFM. Except there isn't one.
Next?
> My netbook was stretch until a few weeks ago, is now buster, therefore
> is somewhat broken. It has iptables-persistent installed, which I
> believe is all that is needed now.
>
> Or you can muck about with systemd...
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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