What is firewall-cmd command equivalent for iptables --policy command?

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Issue

  • What is firewall-cmd command equivalent for iptables --policy command?
  • I want to specifically drop all input and forward packets only (unless explicitly permitted). On top of that, I want to permit all output packets by default.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • firewalld

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