On Friday 14 February 2025 at 13:02:39, fraser via Dng wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can 'restore' (as in iptables-restore <
> /etc/iptables/rules.v4) an iptables ruleset without iptables-restore?
> The package seems to be missing from the repos.
>
> ~$apt-cache policy iptables*
> N: Unable to locate package iptables.sh
> N: Couldn't find any package by glob 'iptables.sh'
> N: Couldn't find any package by regex 'iptables.sh'

In my experience this is not how "apt-cache policy" works.

You need to give it the precise name of a package you want information about.

If you don't know the name of a package you can use "aptitude search" to find
it.

In your case I believe you merely need the "iptables" package:

https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/amd64/iptables/filelist

It looks like the command has been renamed to
/usr/sbin/iptables-legacy-restore


Antony.

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