hi george, yes -- i too recompiled iptables from the .src.rpm and did a rpm -Uvh --force and acheive the same results on two different machines. i'll recompile the kernel and try that as well. thanks! charles On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 22:24, George Vieira wrote: > that is very weird. I would use the latest kernel sources and latest iptables (source not rpm) and recompile the lot. I'm sure it'll then work as I'm running the same verion but not RPMS.. > > Thanks, > ____________________________________________ > George Vieira > Systems Manager > georgev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Citadel Computer Systems Pty Ltd > http://www.citadelcomputer.com.au > > Phone : +61 2 9955 2644 > HelpDesk: +61 2 9955 2698 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lartc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lartc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Tuesday, 28 October 2003 12:49 AM > > To: netfilter-users > > Subject: service iptables stop; hangs constantly on red hat 8 > > > > > > hi all, > > > > i have an up2date redhat 8 installation with iptables-1.2.8-8.80.2 > > > > as required by my setup, i insmod ip_conntrack_ftp and ip_nat_ftp to > > handle connection tracking of ftp sessions. > > > > if a connection has been established, and it becomes closed, > > or if there > > is a current ftp session, "service iptables stop" hangs the machine > > while trying to remove modules. here's an example, but it does not > > necessairly hang on this module -- > > > > > > [root@aztec root]# ps -eaf | grep mod > > root 1728 1672 99 14:39 pts/0 00:01:07 modprobe -r ip_nat_ftp > > root 1952 1910 0 14:40 pts/1 00:00:00 grep mod > > > > i have the belief that it is comming from ip_conntrack. in any case, i > > can make it happen always (i.e. the system hang). processor > > time goes to > > 99% and a reboot is necessary. > > > > has anyone else come accross this? is there something to be flushed > > prior to removing the modules? > > > > many thanks! > > > > charles > > > > > > > >
