2.8.2.6. Activating the IPTables Service

The firewall rules are only active if the iptables service is running. To manually start the service, use the following command as the root user:

~]# service iptables restart
iptables: Applying firewall rules:                         [  OK  ]

To ensure that iptables starts when the system is booted, use the following command:

~]# chkconfig --level 345 iptables on