Unable to start/enable iptables
Issue
- Receive below error when trying to start/enable the iptables daemon:
[root@example ~]# systemctl enable iptables
Failed to issue method call: Access denied
[root@example ~]# systemctl start iptables
Failed to start iptables.service: Unit iptables.service failed to load: No such file or directory.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- iptables
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