On Saturday 16 July 2011 02:22 PM, g wrote: > On 07/16/2011 05:40 AM, Jatin K wrote: >> On Saturday 16 July 2011 10:18 AM, g wrote: >>> On 07/16/2011 04:25 AM, Jatin K wrote: >>> <> >>> >>>> Sorry, that was my mistake :-( >>> that happens. but does make things difficult to help. >>> >>>> actually I got the solution what was needed, from this list. >>> and was so noted. wherein, a little more info would be nice. >>> >>> did blocking work with; >>> >>> [1] iptables -A INPUT ! -s 172.16.158.111 -p tcp --dport 21 -j DROP >>> or >>> [2] iptables -A INPUT -s ! 172.16.158.111 -p tcp --dport 21 -j DROP >>> >>> syntax tends to indicate that [2] is correct, as [1] would tend to >>> indicate "NOT source". >> >> [2] worked for me > this is what i recall having used, and more logical. > >> ...by the way we need to indicate ! like '!' ( in >> single quote) >> >> iptables -A INPUT -s '!' 172.16.158.111 -p tcp --dport 21 -j DROP > this is not as i recall using, nor is it as such in man page or in > 'Red Hat Linux Firewalls'. > > in man page, when shown as an option, [!] is used. when in description, > "!" is used. (with 2 exceptions) > > in 'Red Hat Linux Firewalls', examples are show without quotes. > > so, > > [1] did you find without single quote to not work and then tried > with single quotes? > without single quote like this[1] [1] iptables -A INPUT ! -s 172.16.158.111 -p tcp --dport 21 -j DROP on bash it seems like it tries to find out previously run command in my cash it finds a command started with -s ( which fails as I've not run any command which starts with -s ) but when I tried to put it like '!'... its good to go > or, > > [2] are you using "echo" to send line to iptables? no > and please, excuse my questioning, as at this time i do not have a > networking system available to experiment with, and your answers will > help when i do. thank you. > Warm Regards -- °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Jatin Khatri Registerd Linux user No #501175 www.counter.li.org No M$ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
