Are firewall rules effective for all users?

Discussion in 'all things UNIX' started by lurningcerv, Oct 20, 2014.

  1. lurningcerv

    lurningcerv Registered Member

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    I put in some basic iptables and ip6tables rules as administrative user (Ubuntu, from command line). Will those rules be in effect for other users? If not, how do I make them effective for all users?
     
  2. mirimir

    mirimir Registered Member

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    They apply to all users.

    But how did you apply them? With just "iptables ..." they don't persist after reboot. In Debian family, the easiest way uses the package iptables-persistent.
     
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