IPTABLES syntax help to forward Remote Desktop requests to a VM [CentOS host]
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I've a VM running MSWindows XP hosted on my CentOS 5.4 machine.
I can rdesktop into it from the hosting machine and work just fine using the private ddress (192.168.122.65), but I now need to allow Remote Desktop access from other computers (not just the machine hosting the VM).
[Edit] I only need to allow access for a day or so, so don't want to add a NIC (for XP activation reasons).
Could someone help me with the iptables syntax?
The VM is on a private/virtual network: 192.168.122.65 and my CentOS machine is on a physical network, at 10.1.3.38 (and 192.168.122.1 as the GW for the virtual net).
I found this question, but none of the answers seemed to work and I'm a bit timid at blindly trying variations. My FORWARD rules are as listed.
Thanks in advance.
# iptables -L FORWARD
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere 192.168.122.0/24 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
ACCEPT all -- 192.168.122.0/24 anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere
[Edit] If I do play "blindly" is there a simple way to reset the settings on CentOS (a la service network restart)?
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