On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 03:37:33AM +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > felix@xxxxxxxxxxx a ?crit : > > > >I've used table names with iptables commands in my shell scripts, but > >I didn't know this /etc/iproute2 directory existed. > > Huh ? AFAIK, iptables commands do not use routing tables. Can you give > an example ? I am showing my newbie status. Maybe I meant chain names? Here is a snippet I use to enable and disable ssh, with SSH being a table?chain? name I can use in another script: iptables -N SSH iptables -A SSH -j LOG --log-prefix 'IPT: SSH: ' iptables -A SSH -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT-TCP -p TCP -m multiport --dports ssh -j SSH I knew I didn't know a lot about iptables -- it looks like I knew even less than I thought! -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@xxxxxxxxxxx GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o