By sundipmalik5
hi i am a newbie and i want to open port 8080 . i have added this
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT
in /etc/sysconfig/iptables
and then
service iptables restart
but with no success
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You need to get rid of “iptables” if you want to edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables directly. So the line would look like this: <pre>-A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT</pre>
From what you have wrote above you added in ‘/etc/sysconfig/iptables’ the word iptables before the rule, the word iptables + rule is used only when you want to add a new rule from the terminal, “iptables” shouldn’t be in the file. <br>Hope I helped. :)
Hi thanks for the quick response. I have removed the iptables and try to add the line in the config file of iptables as you both stated but i was not successfull in opening the port 8080 .can you plrase let me know the detail steps . thanks a lot for your time and the knowledge you have provided me . I would be really appreciate if you could let me know the steps to open port 8080
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