Jan Engelhardt wrote: > kernel 2.6.17 ships with xt_MARK, but iptables 1.3.5 still uses ipt_MARK. > In essence, I cannot use `iptables -j MARK` giving me > > # iptables -A INPUT -j MARK --set-mark 1 > iptables: Unknown error 4294967295 > > I have seen this before and the problem behind this strange error (-1) is > that the .targetsize/.matchsize variables in the kernel modules do not > match their userspace parts. No, its a bug in the iptables userspace version you're using, which makes it report any error as "Unknown error 4294967295". The error itself is that you're using MARK in the filter table. > However, this time it seems to be something different: > > # iptables -t mangle -A INPUT -j MARK --set-mark 1 > > Works without problems. Am I missing something? > How do I get MARK back to work in -t filter -- possibly without hacking in > xt_MARK.c? You won't, its not supposed to work in the filter table.
