Bug 285231 - Fedora iptables tool enhancement
Summary: Fedora iptables tool enhancement
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: iptables
Version: 7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Woerner
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-09-10 22:00 UTC by giulix
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2007-09-24 15:43:05 UTC
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Description giulix 2007-09-10 22:00:23 UTC
Description of problem: 

Please name Fedora iptables tool, used to configure netfilter via iptables
(proper) something other than "iptables", as this is source of great confusion
with the proper iptables tool.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Any


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:

Massive misunderstanding

Expected results:

To each one its own.

Additional info: I am not even sure against which component I opened this RFE. I
am pretty sure it is the wrong one, though :D

Comment 1 Thomas Woerner 2007-09-11 12:30:57 UTC
I am sorry, but I do not understand this. Can you please explain, what you are
talking about?

Comment 2 giulix 2007-09-12 15:24:31 UTC
Sure, I am referring to service /etc/init.d/iptables. That is cause for much
misunderstanding, especially for new users. They mistake this service for the
iptables tool and have difficulty grasping the concept that /etc/init.d/iptables
and iptables are not the same thing and that the former is a Fedora tool to ease
use of the iptables tool which is used to configure netfilter on Linux. So, just
changing /etc/init.d/iptables to, say, /etc/init.d/iptables_config or
/etc/init.d/cfgiptables or something like that would help to differentiate, thus
making things less confusing.

Comment 3 Thomas Woerner 2007-09-24 15:43:05 UTC
The name of the service matches the package name. I am sorry, but in my opinion
this is reasonable and expected.

Closing as "NOT A BUG".


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