I am new to servers, and I was following this guide and it failed on the first command instructed. Could anyone give me a hand?
http://wiki.debian.org/iptables
~ZORO~:/etc# iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.test.rules
iptables-restore: line 1 failed
Edit: iptables.test.rules
~ZORO~:/etc# cat /etc/iptables.test.rules
*filter
# Allows all loopback (lo0) traffic and drop all traffic to 127/8 that doesn't use lo0
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i ! lo -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT
# Accepts all established inbound connections
-A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
# Allows all outbound traffic
# You could modify this to only allow certain traffic
-A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT
# Allows HTTP and HTTPS connections from anywhere (the normal ports for websites)
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
# Allows SSH connections for script kiddies
# THE -dport NUMBER IS THE SAME ONE YOU SET UP IN THE SSHD_CONFIG FILE
-A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 30000 -j ACCEPT
# Now you should read up on iptables rules and consider whether ssh access
# for everyone is really desired. Most likely you will only allow access from certain IPs.
# Allow ping
-A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT
# log iptables denied calls (access via 'dmesg' command)
-A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix "iptables denied: " --log-level 7
# Reject all other inbound - default deny unless explicitly allowed policy:
-A INPUT -j REJECT
-A FORWARD -j REJECT
COMMIT
Check that the file
/etc/iptables.test.rules
has no space characters before the actual commands and comments. If it does, remove them.Hm could it possibly be an EOL type error?
If it is this should fix it:
I'm sure there's a way to test it before running unix2dos. Perhaps using grep or something. I usually just use vim and check out the status line.
There is an extra space in the list. I got the same error and removed the extra space in every line and it works.