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iptables package

sudo /etc/init.d/iptables command not found

Asked by Manuel Malagon

when I try to turn off my firewall using:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/iptables off

I get the error "sudo /etc/init.d/iptables command not found" why is this?

Thanks!!

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Best Savio (abhijeet) said : 		#1

it's not present in /etc/init.d/ directory.
It present in /sbin/iptables

you can locate a file using 'whereis' command

like
savio@saviola:~$ whereis iptables
iptables: /sbin/iptables /usr/share/iptables /usr/share/man/man8/iptables.8.gz

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Manuel Malagon (m4l490n) said : 		#2

Thanks Savio, that solved my question.