Peter G. wrote: > You know, I just tried your command again, but this time without grepping, and > I see that ssh is nowhere in the output, so how could grep ssh ever return > anything? My command was an example of when a firewall rule existed to allow ssh through. > > But, when I examine /etc/sysconfig/iptables, I see: > > -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT > > Doesn't that mean that port 22 is open? That is the saved configuration. Running "iptables -L" shows you the current, in-memory configuration. > > And if so, why does your command not show any output, while > /etc/sysconfig/iptables would suggest that the port is opened? See above. > Any yet, there is still no communication possible. What is wrong? Your firewall rule is not active. You can manually add the rule by running: # iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT As Michael said, system-config-firewall has a bug. You two should file a bug against it. -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
