-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > I'm trying to setup some firewalling rules using the endoshield script. > This is on a DEC Alpha running Debian Woody with the 2.4.20 kernel. I'm > fully updated based on apt-get. > > When I run the script I get: > > /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: insmod > ip_tables failed > iptables v1.2.6a: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables > who? (do you need to insmod?) > > This happens whatever I do to /etc/init.d/iptables. -- halt, stop, > start, etc. Actually, "start" doesn't work, complains about an "unknown > rule set." > > If I try to modprobe ip_tables, I get the same error. If I try rmmod, > I'm told it isn't loaded, and indeed, it doesn't show with lsmod. > Sounds like you've got iptables compiled straight into the kernel, just edit the script and comment out the lines that try to load the iptables module. This is done so that people can have a system using either iptables or ipchains. I had a similar problem, but a few comments in the right places means that it now runs error-free. HTH - -- Toby Fisher Email: toby at tjfisher.co.uk Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 ICQ: #61744808 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: pgpenvelope 2.10.2 - http://pgpenvelope.sourceforge.net/ iD8DBQE97M44Kl9qIwuqk+IRAvsFAJ0UXng36bRZtlxWaZOCDZnoM/uwmACfWbqj rwl+O97Ri83j8XfWzKFXVTg= =5ubM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
