Hi, Thanks for ur help.... i again recompiled the kernel with netfilter support and the iptables is now working fine.... i think i did not copied the newly kernel image to the boot dir so that the problem remained.... anyway thanks once again for ur time --- Rob Sterenborg <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have downloaded iptables-1.2.9 from > netfilter.org and > > installed using make and make install commands > after > > compiling the kernel with network packet filtering > > (replaces ipchains) option having value yes > > Did you patch the kernel with a new Patch-O-Matic > (also from the Netfilter > website) before you configured/compiled it ? > I suppose iptables-1.2.9 requires symbols not yet in > an unpatched kernel. > > > > iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -p icmp -j DROP > > > > > > i got the following error > > > > > > > /lib/modules/2.4.22/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: > > > unresolved symbol > nf_register_sockopt_Rsmp_f5985dce > > > Gr, > Rob > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
