Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:56:29PM +0200, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> > Warning there is a bug in Connection Sharing when you didn't set up the
> > Tiny Firewall, you need to do the following to fix it up:
> > 
> > $ rm /etc/sysconfig/iptables
> > 
> > Unless that, at next reboot Connection Sharing won't work anymore. Please
> > tell me if this fix doesn't fix anything ;p.
> 
> Why is the presence of /etc/sysconfig/iptables breaking Connection
> sharing?

Cause

1- rc.firewall is where the connection sharing stuff is
2- rc.firewall is run by rc.sysinit
3- after rc.sysinit, the initscripts are run
4- iptables initscript, when it sees a file in /etc/sysconfig/iptables,
   first flushes any existing rule, then sets up the rules from this file


-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/

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