deploy iptables file from Satellite errors during iptables-restore

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I have a working iptables file, but when I try to iptables-restore, I get the following error:

iptables-restore v1.4.7: no command specified
Error occurred at line: 80
Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information.

For some reason I deploy the file and then do a iptables-restore < file, I get an error. Nothing wrong with the file, but the ONLY way I can get it to load is if I open it in vi, and save it. With out doing anything to the file...

Here is the kicker, all I have to do is open file in vi, then save right away with out doing anything to the file and it works!
Same permissions, same security everything.

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PS Guru 6494 points
6 May 2015 10:43 PM

Laura,

What appears on line 80 of the file? is the file only 80 lines long?

Perhaps it needs a carriage return on the last line, or the line termination used in the deployed file isn't what iptables-restore is expecting.

One way to test this is to run 'dos2unix' on the file (rather than opening in vi), if that also fixes the problem (ie. iptables-restore works after running it) I would say the line termination is your issue.

MT Newbie 12 points
7 May 2015 3:21 PM

I figured it out!
Geez. Seems that if you edit a file lets say in Notepad++ and upload the file, it does not have a EOL.
I noticed it when I opened it in vi. Small heading stating [noeol]

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