[olug] Iptables opening port 8080

[Dave Hull]

Quoting Martin Wolff <mrwolff at bigred.unl.edu>:

> I am trying to setup iptables to allow connections on port 8080, for an
> apache webserver, but I can't seem to get the rule I need correct.
> I tried 
>  
> iptables -A INPUT --p tcp --destination-port 8080 -j ACCEPT

I know they say not to do it, but I always edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables 
directly. In doing so, I can use the other lines therein as a reference for how 
to open new holes. I just opened 8080 on my server a few days ago by adding 
this line to /etc/sysconfig/iptables:

-A RH-Lokkit-0-50-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8080 --syn -j ACCEPT

After adding that line and saving the file, I ran "service iptables restart" 
from the command line and 8080 was opened up. Obviously, you'll have to take a 
look at your iptables config file because the names for the chains are probably 
different.
 
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Dave Hull
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