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From: Kerin Millar <kfm@plushkava.net>
To: list@satchell.net
Cc: Linux Netfilter Users List <netfilter@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Reload IPtables
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:12:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210627211258.8f8aa45882f75c88aa689424@plushkava.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b18dbd3a-3154-5f2e-20ea-2df5f787f33c@satchell.net>

On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:56:18 -0700
Stephen Satchell <list@satchell.net> wrote:

> On 6/27/21 12:07 PM, Kerin Millar wrote:
> > Use of shell redirection is optional in this case but I would caution
> > against making it a habit in conjunction with the use of sudo.
> 
> I believe your statement is not distribution-safe.  Red Hat's 
> implementation of ip[6]tables-restore does not implement reading a file. 
>   Ubuntu's implementation of ip[6]tables-restore does.
> 
> This observation is backed up by viewing "iptables-restore -h".
> 
> That said, I suspect that Debian would use substantially the same 
> version of iptables-restore that Ubuntu does, so your observation would 
> be applicable.

Debian 10 was mentioned but yes, it has not always been possible to supply a pathname as an argument. For those with an older userspace, the problem can thus be avoided by simply running `sudo -i` to obtain an interactive root shell or by running `sudo sh -c 'iptables-restore < my.rules'`, among other methods.

-- 
Kerin Millar

  reply	other threads:[~2021-06-27 20:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <08f069e3-914f-204a-dfd6-a56271ec1e55.ref@att.net>
2021-06-25 19:24 ` Reload IPtables slow_speed
2021-06-25 20:51   ` David Hajes
2021-06-25 21:30     ` slow_speed
2021-06-25 22:20       ` Stephen Satchell
     [not found]       ` <cd80bdd2-7816-f27f-d3fe-5042d213700e@satchell.net>
2021-06-25 22:37         ` slow_speed
2021-06-25 23:43       ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-25 23:47         ` slow_speed
2021-06-25 23:52           ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-26  7:19           ` David Hajes
2021-06-26 10:13             ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-26 10:27               ` David Hajes
2021-06-26 10:43                 ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-26 10:54                   ` David Hajes
2021-06-28  7:32                   ` Alessandro Vesely, Alessandro Vesely
2021-06-28  7:46                     ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-28  9:23                       ` Alessandro Vesely, Alessandro Vesely
2021-06-28  9:43                         ` Kerin Millar
2021-06-29  2:02                           ` Neal P. Murphy
2021-06-29  2:02                             ` Neal P. Murphy
     [not found]                             ` <20210629083652.GA10896@salvia>
2021-06-29  8:37                               ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2021-07-01  1:49                                 ` Neal P. Murphy
2021-07-01  1:49                                   ` Neal P. Murphy
2021-06-29  9:10                             ` Kerin Millar
2021-06-29 14:52                             ` slow_speed
2021-06-29 15:18                               ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-29 16:50                                 ` slow_speed
2021-07-01  2:31                               ` Neal P. Murphy
2021-06-28 10:17                         ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-28 11:47                           ` Alessandro Vesely, Alessandro Vesely
2021-06-28 12:03                             ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-28 13:46                               ` Kerin Millar
2021-06-28 16:35                                 ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-28 17:10                                   ` Kerin Millar
2021-06-28 17:16                                     ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-28 17:35                               ` Alessandro Vesely, Alessandro Vesely
2021-06-28 18:15                                 ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-28 13:36                             ` Stephen Satchell
2021-06-27 14:56             ` slow_speed
2021-06-27 15:46               ` G.W. Haywood
2021-06-27 18:29               ` Stephen Satchell
2021-06-27 18:11           ` Kerin Millar
2021-06-27 18:32             ` slow_speed
2021-06-27 18:57               ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-27 20:57                 ` slow_speed
2021-06-27 21:33                   ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-27 19:07               ` Kerin Millar
2021-06-27 19:10                 ` Kerin Millar
2021-06-27 19:56                 ` Stephen Satchell
2021-06-27 20:12                   ` Kerin Millar [this message]
2021-06-27 20:20                     ` Reindl Harald
2021-06-27 19:43               ` Stephen Satchell

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