OK, when you say "initialize iptables" do you mean that you are using the standard RedHat system V init script called "/etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables" ? If so what is the content of your /etc/sysconfig/iptables? That might be the problem there. When you do an iptables-save what do you see? It doesn't really feel like a kernel/modules related issue, but you lean in that direction, so.... when you type "lsmod" what do you see? On one of my Linux firewalls I see these ipt related modules loaded: ipt_state 1152 25 (autoclean) ipt_MASQUERADE 1824 5 (autoclean) iptable_nat 18452 0 (autoclean) [ipt_MASQUERADE] ip_conntrack 17068 2 (autoclean) [ipt_state ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat] iptable_mangle 2272 0 (autoclean) (unused) iptable_filter 2272 0 (autoclean) (unused) ip_tables 11424 7 [ipt_state ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat iptable_mangle iptable_filter] Maybe try running "depmod -a" and then reruning the "modprobe ip_tables" On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 06:02, Sam Pointer wrote: > No I didn't custom compile the kernel and the distro is the latest one from > the ftp site at RedHat. I've been using Linux since the 1.x kernels. > although only consider myself an "op" type rather than any great kernel > hacker. > > Thanks for your help. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Russo [mailto:ben@umialumni.com] > Sent: 26 November 2002 22:19 > To: Sam Pointer > Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org > Subject: Re: can't initialize iptables table `' > > > Did you custom compile your kernel? > If you are using a standard RedHat 8 kernel have you upgraded to the > latest? > > On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 12:20, Sam Pointer wrote: > > Before I carry, please feel free to tell me FAQ off; I have quickly > scanned > > the archive and google and haven't found a solution to this problem - but > > I'm open to suggestions. > > > > I'm initialising iptables on RH Linux 8. When I start iptables I am > getting > > the error message " can't initialize iptables table `' ". > > > > Now, I issued `lsmod` and I have both "iptable_filter" and "ip_tables" > > modules loaded. > > > > I initially tried starting ipchains with a whole raft of rules, but even > > starting with the single rule: > > > > -P INPUT DROP > > > > causes this error to appear. > > > > When I reboot the machine and check my syslog messages, I notice that > > iptables-restore is issuing a modprobe for module `iptable_`, as in: > > > > iptables: Applying iptables firewall rules > > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module iptable_ > > modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module iptable_ > > ... > > iptables: can't initialize iptables table `' (do you need to insmod?) > > > > which leads me to believe that some table module it requires isn't loaded. > > Is this correct, and if so how is this. I'm only using the default > "filter" > > table (which is loaded) with my single policy rule... > > > > Any help or pointers to solutions would be greatly appreciated.
