Hi! Try ipchains-save > filename and ipchains-restore < filename Please look that ipchains-save and ipchains-restore are ONE word (its not an option fpr ipchains, its just a little script..) Hope the syntax is correct, please try... Bye -- Rolf Eike Beer E-Mail privat:dakon@sf-tec.de E-Mail Uni Hannover (Informatikprojekt): dakon@cip1.uni-hannover.de E-Mail Uni Hannover (privat): Rolf.Eike.Beer@stud.uni-hannover.de E-Mail für EFS: efs@sf-tec.de