> -----Original Message----- > From: netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Bret Holbrook > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:13 PM > To: > > Subject: Iptables: Bad policy name > > > Hi all, > > Having a small problem with the error message in the subject. > I'm running Slackware 9.0, Iptables 1.2.7a, > rc.firewall-2.4-stronger version .77s. Basically it gives me > the above error on each of the following commands trying to > set up my default policy: > > iptables -P INPUT REJECT > iptables -P OUTPUT REJECT > iptables -P FORWARD REJECT > > Same error wether I punch it in from the command line or it > runs in the script. Alternately, the same commands with > ACCEPT instead of REJECT works fine. I've used these very > same fw rules on various other machines with different > versions of Linux and they have worked just fine. This is > the first time I've used slackware 9 and the newest iptables > though. Is there something I'm missing here? Thanks for the help! > > Bret > The reject don't work as a defult policy. Use the drop target instead. However, the reject work on rules. Iptables -P INPUT DROP Iptables -A INPUT ...... -j REJECT PS: Please read this topic, "what are the possible chain policies?" someware in this list. Ds /Klintan
