On Monday 08 December 2003 7:19 pm, Jeffrin wrote: > hello all, > > iptables -A INPUT -sport 80 -j ACCEPT > > shows error ... > > msservices:~# iptables -A INPUT --sport 80 -j ACCEPT > iptables v1.2.9: Unknown arg `--sport' > Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information. > > please help me ... You must specify whether you're talking about a TCP source port, or a UDP one. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --sport 80 -j ACCEPT or iptables -A INPUT -p udp --sport 80 -j ACCEPT will work. Antony. -- "The joy of X!!?? I've always hated compiling graphical shite. You have a 10 line program, and it ends up depending on the entire known universe." - Philip Hands Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.