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iptables package

Save iptable rules for iptables-persistent

Asked by Johan Dahl

/etc/init.d/iptables-persistent contains a command for applying a saved iptable defintion from

/etc/iptables/rules

It would hovewer be convinient to have a command for saving the current firewall to the file

sudo service iptables-persistent save

which runs the following command

iptables-save > /etc/iptables/rules

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You can make an alias or even a bash script to run the command you desire. You could report a bug with your fix suggestion.

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