On Wed, 2003-03-26 at 17:54, Matteo wrote: > Hi all , i have write a script for iptables with my rules but when I launch > this script i have this error : > too long (must be under 30 chars)...... > > How can I resolve this?? You can start the script with this in order to see which command it was that printed the error: #!/bin/bash -x It sounds like you try to create a chain with a very long name. -- /Martin