Subject: Re: [vserver] iptables on guest
From: John Alberts <john.m.alberts@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:29 -0600

 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:29 -0600
You can't run iptables on any of the guests only on the host.  Just
specify the IP of the guest in the destination of the rule.

Regards,
John


On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:07 AM,  <dzenan.causevic@wise-t.com> wrote:
> I have iptables on my host, but I installed iptables on guest as well
> (having two firewall levels won't hurt). However I couldn't find
> /etc/sysconfig/iptables file so I copied one from my host.
> Now when I try to start iptables I get following error:
>
> bash-3.2# service iptables start
> Applying iptables firewall rules: iptables-restore v1.3.5:
> iptables-restore: unable to initializetable 'filter'
>
> Error occurred at line: 3
> Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.
>                                                           [FAILED]
>
> If I try to run iptables-restore it hangs forever. Is it allowed to run
> iptables both on host and guest?
>
> Dzenan
>
>
>



-- 
John Alberts