hello, i am a newcomer to this mailing list. I have read the packet filtering HOWTO, netfilter HOWTO and NAT HPWTO. I have problem with iptables-restore. i create a settings file using iptables-save, this part is successful, but when i want to restore using iptables-restore, it fails. Please tell me what i did wrong. Thanks. # iptables-save > test # iptables-restore < test iptables-restore v1.3.1: iptables-restore: unable to initializetable 'nat' Error occurred at line: 2 Try 'iptables-restore -h' for more information. The contents of "test" is: # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.1 on Fri Apr 29 13:04:13 2005 *nat :PREROUTING ACCEPT [2653:510492] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [3922:238513] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [3952:241788] -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 66.94.230.50:8080 -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 66.94.230.50:8080 -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -j DNAT --to-destination 66.94.230.50:8080 -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -p icmp -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.4.50 -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -p icmp -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.4.100 -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE COMMIT # Completed on Fri Apr 29 13:04:13 2005 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.1 on Fri Apr 29 13:04:13 2005 *mangle :PREROUTING ACCEPT [464198:27824078] :INPUT ACCEPT [463749:27778817] :FORWARD ACCEPT [3:144] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [704448:185346344] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [704476:185352882] COMMIT # Completed on Fri Apr 29 13:04:13 2005 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.1 on Fri Apr 29 13:04:13 2005 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [2095849:131010409] :FORWARD ACCEPT [3:144] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [2960177:609463704] -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.0/255.255.0.0 -p tcp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.0/255.255.0.0 -p icmp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.0/255.255.0.0 -p icmp -j DROP -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -p icmp -j DROP -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.0/255.255.255.0 -p icmp -j DROP COMMIT # Completed on Fri Apr 29 13:04:13 2005 Rgds, Victor
