> Ummm. > > I would personally apply POM before building iptables code I actually did the other way around but still have same problem "invalid argument" i have two versions of iptables running. iptables (from rpm /sbin/iptables) = works okay iptables (from source /usr/local/sbin/iptables) = invalid argument my Q is... why did the iptables from source didnt work. any helpful hint? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair Tonner" <Alistair@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "John Paul" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:55 PM Subject: Re: SO HOW! iptables: invalid argument > On October 25, 2003 09:40 am, John Paul wrote: > > Hello Folks, > > > > Just want to find the real answer with this. sorry but ans to google is not > > clear for me. I did upgrade my iptables to iptables-1.2.9rc1.tar. steps > > done; > > > > --> installed new iptables source (iptables-1.2.9rc1.tar) > > - make KERNEL_DIR=/usr/local/linux > > - make install KERNEL_DIR=/usr/local/linux > > > > --> applied POM (patch-o-matic-20030912.tar) to my latest kernel > > (linux-2.4.22.tar) > > > > --> recompile the kernel > > - make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules; make > > modules_install > > - all went fine > > > > --> reboot the machine > > > > all went fine but when NAT/MASQUERADE is used, i got this "iptables: > > invalid argument" > > > > anything i missed? > > > > Thanks. > > -JP > > > Ummm. > > I would personally apply POM before building iptables code.... > > if you do find / -name iptables ... how many results do you get? > > I've found followup installs don't tend to sit on top of original installs, > thus you likely have two copies of iptables stuff on your system now... you > need todetermine which to remove. > > > -- > > Alistair Tonner > nerdnet.ca > Senior Systems Analyst - RSS > > Any sufficiently advanced technology will have the appearance of magic. > Lets get magical!