Hello All
I have been trying to configure IPTABLES from webmin but there is a message stating the following...
The command iptables-save was not found on your system. Webmin needs this command to configure IPtables.
After several attempts to save the file I get [FAILED] at the console. Does anyone have any idea how to resolve this?
Thanks
Submitted by eeman on Wed, 02/27/2013
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do NOT use webmin to configure iptables.. and do NOT use iptables-save ... learn to use a file editor and edit the file manually (/etc/sysconfig/iptables)
your system is configured with log monitors that will temporarily ban hosts after failed login attempts. Issuing iptables-save will make those temporary bans PERMANENT. That will really suck for you when your customer accidentally typo's their password into their ATA or soft phone and can never use your service again, meanwhile you're bewildered as to why its not working. After a few days of no service that customer is going to decide he's better off doing business elsewhere.