Thanks .. I should have replied to my message about 20 seconds after I posted ... It is amazing how things will not work when you make a spelling mistake ie: modeprobe vis modprobe Sorry to bother you with a question that involved my stupidity. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antony Stone" <Antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 11:57 AM Subject: Re: ftp again On Tuesday 15 June 2004 3:35 pm, Peter Marshall wrote: > when I try to run the ip_conntrack_ftp module using the command > "modeprobe ip_conntrack_ftp" or > "/sbin/modeprobe ip_conntrack_ftp" it says module not found. > > I searched for the module on my system and it does exist in > "/lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/" What does "uname -r" tell you for the kernel version you are running? If this doesn't match 2.4.20-8 then modprobe (note spelling?) will not be able to find the above file. Regards, Antony. -- There are only 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary notation, and those who don't. Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.