Wow! This must be a record! 8 Responses to the same question, and ALL of them are right!!! -----Original Message----- From: Antony Stone [mailto:Antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:42 AM To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: iptables related On Monday 08 December 2003 7:35 pm, Jeffrey Laramie wrote: > On Monday 08 December 2003 14:19, 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 ... > > There are 2 dashes before sport: --sport 80 2 dashes and a protocol :) Antony. -- Behind the counter a boy with a shaven head stared vacantly into space, a dozen spikes of microsoft protruding from the socket behind his ear. - William Gibson, Neuromancer (1984) Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.