Thanks again for the follow up... > and may be its due some core level probs not due to any > misconfiguration or sort of things like that. may be the problem > lies in the package. Sounds like this may be a good guess. I installed a second FC3 system, and I'm not having that problem at all. Everything is working just fine on the second system, including the default iptables installation. I really can't figure out why it works on one machine, but not the other... I'll try a fresh install and see what happens. Thanks again for the advice. Cheers, Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: tahmeed [mailto:qs.tahmeed@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 2 July 2005 16:35 > To: dleangen@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: /etc/sysconfig/iptables does not load on reboot > > > hello, > > this is what u should see if iptables starts up successfully during > reboot - at least > > Jul 2 13:00:45 gizmo rc: Starting iptables: succeeded > > and may be its due some core level probs not due to any > misconfiguration or sort of things like that. may be the problem lies > in the package. > > if its possible pls download a fresh package of iptables from > > www.netfilter.org > > regards........ > > > On 7/2/05, David Leangen <dleangen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Well, in that case, I have no idea. Did you check the startup logs? > > > Does the system display [ OK ] on the iptables line when booting? > > > > Yep, the system displays [ OK ] and I don't see anything of > interest in the > > logs. That's exactly why I can't figure this out. If at least there were > > some info in the logs, that would at least point me in some direction. > > Unless, of course, I'm looking in the wrong place... > > > > > > Cheers, > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Alexey Toptygin [mailto:alexeyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: 2 July 2005 15:39 > > > To: David Leangen > > > Subject: RE: /etc/sysconfig/iptables does not load on reboot > > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, David Leangen wrote: > > > > > > > [root@sannomiya ~]# chkconfig --list iptables > > > > iptables 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on > 5:on 6:off > > > > > > > > My /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables script is the default script installed > > with > > > > FC3. > > > > > > Well, in that case, I have no idea. Did you check the startup > logs? Does > > > the system display [ OK ] on the iptables line when booting? > > > > > > Alexey > > > > > > > > > -- > Happy! If not now never