> With the typos fixed, your /etc/sysconfig/iptables looks correct, > but that is hard to verify because you didn't post the original > unmodified file. My notebook came without a floppy and I have neither the modem nor the nic working. I really have no way to make a precise copy of the tiny iptables file to bring over to the desktop to post other than burning a cd. Haven't tried that yet but it seems unnecessary ... see following. I made no changes to the file so it should be stock. My RH9 install is stock as well, no updates. (I have ordered a cd from KRUD, but given my inability to communicate from my notebook updates are otherwise currently impossible anyhow.) I just printed my post and then went through my iptables file line by line and character by character. Below is the precise content. I had missed the line: "-A FORWARD -j RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT" #Firewall configuration written by lokkit #Manual configuration of this file is not recommended. #Note: ifup-post will punch the current nameservers through the # firewall. Such entries will *not* be listed here. *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT - [0:0] -A INPUT -j RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -A FORWARD -j RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 0:1023 --syn -j REJECT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 2049 --syn -j REJECT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 0:1023 -j REJECT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 2049 -j REJECT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 6000:6009 --syn -j REJECT -A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 7100 --syn -j REJECT COMMIT Is the clue in the line I had missed? -- Thanks! dmc :-D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Jesus === Freedom | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list