How to manually reinstall the Open Client firewall rules

Manually reset the default Open Client firewall rules

Reinstalling the ibm-firewall package is an advanced method and should only be attempted by users familiar with terminal commands or Help Desk support.

RHEL and Fedora

1. Open a terminal window, type su - and press Enter to become the root user.
2. Then, type /sbin/service iptables stop and press Enter, to turn off the firewall.
3. To remove the firewall rules package without removing any dependent packages, type /bin/rpm -e ibm-firewall --nodeps and press Enter.
4. To reinstall the firewall package, type yum -y install ibm-firewall and press Enter.
5. Once the reinstall is complete, to start the firewall, type /sbin/service iptables start and press Enter.
6. Optionally type yum -y update to update all available Open Client packages.
7. Once complete, to close the terminal, type exit and press Enter.

OCDC

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Type /etc/init.d/iptables stop and press Enter, to turn off the firewall.
3. To remove the firewall rules package without removing any dependent packages, type sudo apt-get remove ibm-firewall && sudo apt-get purge ibm-firewall and press Enter.
4. To reinstall the firewall package, type sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ibm-firewall and press Enter.
5. Once the reinstall is complete, to start the firewall, type /etc/init.d/iptables start and press Enter.
6. Once complete, to close the terminal, type exit and press Enter.