On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > as part of a tutorial i'm writing on iptables, here's what i've listed -- > > feedback is appreciated. > > > > to switch from ipchains to iptables: > > > > # chkconfig --level 0123456 ipchains off (turn off auto start) > > # service ipchains stop (stop ipchains) > > # rmmod ipchains (unload the module) > > # rpm -e ipchains (if you're SURE :-) > > > > # insmod ip_tables (insmod or modprobe?) > > # chkconfig iptables on (auto start) > > # service iptables start (fire it up) > > # iptables -L (verify with listing) > > > > comments? > > > > rday > > I would say that you should use `modprobe -r` instead of rmmod, and > modprobe instead of insmod. `modprobe` will include any module > dependencies, thus it is a good habit to get into ;o)
now that i think about it, doesn't "service iptables start" automatically load ip_tables anyway? rday
