The new compiled iptables is at /usr/local/sbin/iptables when i try it says: /usr/local/sbin/iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE iptables: Invalid argument i'm not sure that patch-o-matic is really doing the right job with the iptables patch. i mean, the user space patch. On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 11:09:51PM +0100, Antony Stone wrote: > On Monday 29 March 2004 8:01 pm, ihernandez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hello. i have used patch-o-matic to add the pptp-nat helper module > > kernel works fine, but userspace iptables tool fails with: > > "iptables: Invalid argument" > > > > i have seen a lot of posts and the solution is to compile the > > iptables-1.2.9 tools > > i downloaded a fresh copy from www.netfilter.org and run make > > KERNEL_DIR=mykerneldir > > it says: > > Extensions found: IPv4:recent IPv6:ah IPv6:esp IPv6:frag IPv6:ipv6header > > IPv6:hbh IPv6:dst IPv6:rt > > > > then i install. > > fine, but it continues with it's problems!!!! > > what can i do to compile the tools th right way? > > Are you sure the command you've run afterwards is the newly-compiled version, > and not just the old one sitting somewhere in your path? > > What does "ls -al `find / -name iptables`" show ? (Those are single > backticks around the find command). > > Regards, > > Antony. > > -- > Anyone that's normal doesn't really achieve much. > > - Mark Blair, Australian rocket engineer > > Please reply to the list; > please don't CC me. > >
