init.d script not loaded at bootup

[Guest]

Hi,

I am having a problem with my firewall.

Basically unless the /etc/init.d/firestarter service is restarted, the rules defined in firestarter are not implemented by iptables.

For instance, I have specific rules for azureus, after booting my system, if I run:
$ sudo iptables -nL | grep 49666
nothing is returned.

But if I restart the init.d firestarter script then it works:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/firestarter restart
* Stopping the Firestarter firewall... [ OK ]
* Starting the Firestarter firewall... [ OK ]

$ sudo iptables -nL | grep 49666
ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:49666
ACCEPT udp -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:4966

I tried to add the restart command to my rc.local to no avail
/etc/init.d/firestarter restart

So I followed this post to add a startup script to be run at bootup:
http://ubuntu.wordpress.com/2005/09/...run-at-bootup/

The script is as follow:
#!/bin/sh

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

#Restart firestarter filewall to apply rules after booting
/etc/init.d/firestarter restart

exit 0

The script is working when started manually and also appears in K(menu)/System Settings/Advanced /System Services

The idea of restarting the service was taken from this page:
http://www.usenet-forums.com/linux-n...boot-time.html

I am definitely no expert in scripts nor Debian and I am now running out of ideas so any help would be much appreciated.

Thx, Manuel

[imneo]

Re: init.d script not loaded at bootup

you need to put your script in all rc levels
you can do it with

update-rc.d

here is a nice script to do this:

http://scripts-net.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3#p91