Read txt file, add to iptables not working on new host

[JackM]

Thanks for answering. Do you mean something like this?

outPut = os.popen('uname -a' '/sbin/iptables -V INPUT -s' + ' ' + IP + ' 
' + '-j  REJECT' )

Sorry but like I said, I have no experience with any of this.



On 5/23/2013 11:10 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote:
> Send the output of the following commands:
>
> uname -a
> /sbin/iptables -V
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: notreal at earthlink.net
>> Subject: Read txt file, add to iptables not working on new host
>> Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 22:44:38 -0400
>> To: python-list at python.org
>>
>> First, let me say that I have no knowledge of or experience with Python
>> or Linux/Unix. I have a script which was written by a host tech person
>> that ran via cron on my old server. It was designed to read IP addresses
>> from a text file and add them to be blocked on iptables. That way, we
>> could add or remove IPs without involving tech support daily. It worked
>> great.
>>
>> Then we changed hosts and this script is now throwing errors on the new
>> server. This host runs Python 2.6.6. This is the script:
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/python
>> import os,time
>>
>> ##Input, Output, and TimeStamp
>> inFile = open('/var/www/html/mydomain.com/banlist.txt','r')
>> logFile = open('/var/log/banList.log','w')
>> stamp = time.asctime(time.localtime())
>>
>>
>> ##Daily Flush of blockList rules before re-applying Blocks
>> os.popen('/sbin/iptables -F INPUT')
>> logFile.write(stamp), logFile.write('\n'), logFile.write('Flushing
>> Rules..\n')
>>
>> ##Loop to read in file and Apply rules to IPtables
>> for line in inFile.readlines():
>> tmp = line.split(';')
>> IP = tmp[0]
>> outPut = os.popen( '/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s' + ' ' + IP + ' ' + '-j
>> REJECT' )
>> logFile.write(IP), logFile.write(' - Has been blocked '),
>> logFile.write(stamp),logFile.write
>>
>>
>> The errors we're getting are like these:
>>
>> Bad argument `174.37.65.204'
>> Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>> Bad argument `94.159.162.182'
>> Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>> Bad argument `95.134.132.98'
>> Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.
>> etc.
>>
>> Entries from the banlist.txt are like these:
>>
>> 200.193.54.138; February 9, 2013, 7:42 am <br>
>> 87.120.57.4; February 9, 2013, 7:42 am <br>
>> 82.206.129.160; February 9, 2013, 7:43 am <br>
>> etc.
>>
>> I know the error points to a bad iptables command.
>> Can someone tell me what change(s) I need to make to this script to get
>> it working again? Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
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