> > root@trunks:~/firewalling/iptables > > % ip6tables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT > > ip6tables: Unknown error 4294967295 > > I see the same problem with gentoo kernel 2.6.15-r2 and iptables > 1.3.5, except that I also add the protocol > > # ip6tables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j > ACCEPT ip6tables: Unknown error 4294967295 > > strace shows this prior to the error > > socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_RAW) = 3 > getsockopt(3, SOL_IPV6, 0x40 /* IPV6_??? */, > "filter\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., [84]) = 0 > getsockopt(3, SOL_IPV6, 0x41 /* IPV6_??? */, > "filter\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., [2328]) = > 0 setsockopt(3, SOL_IPV6, 0x40 /* IPV6_??? */, > "filter\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 2620) = > -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "ip6tables: Unknown > error 4294967"..., 36ip6tables: Unknown error 4294967295 ) = 36 I tried on several distributions (debian, fedora) and kernel versions (2.6.14, 2.6.8), but i get each time the same error. Is this a known bug ? I couldn't find it in netfilter's bugzilla Fred
