Re: [webmin-l] webmin & iptables Q?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 23/Jan/2011 13:48 R. Mariotti <r.m...@fd...> wrote ..
> Quick one...  I'm trying to use webmin to manage my iptables entries on 
> my server(s) and I've adjusted the module config accordingly and even 
> created a starting file with iptables-save >filetobeusedbywebmin.  And, 
> while I see these entries from within webmin and I can add/change then, 
> when I click on apply, my firewall breaks and starts locking people out.
> If I'm starting with a fresh file made from the iptables-save utility, 
> why might applying from webmin seem to be breaking the tables?
> Otherwise, everything else seems OK.
> Any ideas?  Thanks.

Could you tell us more about how it breaks exactly? 

One way to check if Webmin is not applying the rules correctly is to run
commands like :

iptables-save >/tmp/new-firewall
diff /path/to/original/file /tmp/new-firewall

This will show what rules have changed.

 - Jamie