Lokkit is an iptable manipulating tool, and it belongs to system-config-firewall-base rpm package. This tool has many usage, but in this article, I just want to share on how to open a port in iptables using lokkit. Let's say we want to open a tcp port 1234, below is the command to do it (you must be root, or using sudo do execute this):
# lokkit -q -p 1234:tcp
where -q is for quiet mode, where no message will appear once the operation is done, and -p is for the port and protocol, in this case port 1234 using tcp protocol.
If you want to open a common service like ssh, it can be done easily by using the -s flag
# lokkit -s ssh
To list all available services that lokkit can manage, use:
# lokkit --list-services Predefined Services with Default Environment: ipp-client: Network Printing Client (IPP) default: desktop ipp: Network Printing Server (IPP) mdns: Multicast DNS (mDNS) default: desktop ipsec: IPsec default: desktop ssh: SSH default: server...
To see more verbose output, you can use -v flag, like below:
# lokkit -s tftp -v
iptables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ]
iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ]
iptables: Unloading modules: [ OK ]
ip6tables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ]
ip6tables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ]
ip6tables: Unloading modules: [ OK ]
iptables: Applying firewall rules: [ OK ]
ip6tables: Applying firewall rules: [ OK ]
