Can anyone tell why the below shown line fails when running kernel version 2.4.20 but not when running kernel 2.4.19. /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -m owner --uid-owner root -j ACCEPT iptables: Invalid argument Regards Torben + SafeConfig + trap '' 1 2 3 13 15 + trap 0 + set +e + ClearAllTables + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -P INPUT DROP + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -P OUTPUT DROP + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -P FORWARD DROP + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -t filter -F + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -t filter -X + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -t nat -F + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -t nat -X + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -t mangle -F + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -t mangle -X + echo 'The netfilter rules and counters were reset at' + date + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix 'Bad input packet: ' + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -m state --state INVALID -j DROP + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -m owner --uid-owner root -j ACCEPT iptables: Invalid argument + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -p tcp --dport 6000:6019 -m owner --uid-owner tn -j ACCEPT iptables: Invalid argument + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -j LOG --log-prefix 'Bad output packet: ' + /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -j LOG --log-prefix 'Bad forward packet: ' + logger -s -p user.crit 'Error setting up packet filtering: using safe configuration' root: Error setting up packet filtering: using safe configuration + exit 1