On 19 August 2011 13:13, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > SOLVED!! > > I redid the iptables command because the line above is incorrect, it > should read: > > # iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 5432 -s x.x.x.x -j ACCEPT > > Note that the previous rule had to be deleted which I did by editing > the file /etc/iptables/default and removing it and saving the file (I > think there is a safer way but I didn't know how and was afraid I > might remove the wrong rule). > > Note also there are some differences between Ubuntu and Fedora, for > example the location of the rules file. If I have to do this again I > would save file /etc/iptabes/default before I start messing with it. > > After deleting the old rule and making the corrected rule with the > iptables command I did: > > # /etc/init.d/iptables save > # /etc/init.d/iptables restart > > and I got in! > > Thanks Thom. >
Well it was Guillaume who guided you in that direction, not I. :) -- Thom Brown Twitter: @darkixion IRC (freenode): dark_ixion Registered Linux user: #516935 EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
