clear iptables rules 1

[nix45]

How do you clear all of your iptables rules, without booting anybody from the server? If you run "iptables -F", it will clear the rules, but no one will be able to connect to the server afterwards. You can't even ftp to localhost, for example. I basically just want to know the command to turn iptables off.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[pupu]

You also need to change default policies.

#!/bin/sh
echo "Flushing all current rules and user defined chains:"
iptables -F
echo "Clearing all current rules and user defined chains:"
iptables -X
chains=`cat /proc/net/ip_tables_names 2>/dev/null`
for i in $chains; do iptables -t $i -F; done && echo "Flushing all current rules and user defined chains OK" || echo "Flushing all current rules and user defined chains FAILED"
for i in $chains; do iptables -t $i -X; done && echo "Clearing all current rules and user defined chains OK" || echo "Clearing all current rules and user defined chains FAILED"
for i in $chains; do iptables -t $i -Z; done

iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT

 

[nix45]

Thanks