On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 04:00:23PM -0300, Rafael Dreher wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying do add a rule on a user-defined chain, on the NAT table, with 28 > characters. my guess is you're leaving out the '-t nat' as custom chains only exist in the table they're created in: # iptables -t nat -N GqKOJUpUAOboDEbYcaVUCDqprFy # iptables -t nat -A GqKOJUpUAOboDEbYcaVUCDqprFy -j ACCEPT # iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -j GqKOJUpUAOboDEbYcaVUCDqprFy # iptables -t nat -vnxL Chain GqKOJUpUAOboDEbYcaVUCDqprFy (1 references) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 1 78 ACCEPT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 1 78 GqKOJUpUAOboDEbYcaVUCDqprFy all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 <--- snip ---> # iptables -V && uname -r iptables v1.3.1 2.6.11.4-21.7-default i also tested this on: # iptables -V && uname -r iptables v1.2.11 2.4.27-2-386 alas--i have no 2.4 + 1.3.1 combo i can test on; so i cannot say there isn't some weird interaction between those two that causes your issue to crop up. -j -- "Brian: Whose leg do I have to hump to get a dry martini around here?" --Family Guy