hi all, i post here after spoke with people into #iptables irc channel in particular with "Taube". At the end of my problem explanation he suggested me to use a script instead of iptables-{save,restore} commands, but reading iptables tutorial in particular here: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html#SAVEANDRESTORE i get the advice to use iptables-{save,restore} instead of a bash script...now i thought to post here... So now my problem: Using iptables-{save,restore} on a gentoo box iptables crashes at start up. my error message(doing /etc/init.d/iptables start): * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Loading iptables state and starting firewall ... /etc/init.d/iptables: line 57: 9820 Segmentation fault ${iptables_bin}-restore ${SAVE_RESTORE_OPTIONS} <"${iptables_save}" [ !! ] where my iptables rule file is(cat /etc/conf.d/iptables| grep -v ^$ | grep -v ^#): IPTABLES_SAVE="/var/lib/iptables/firewall" SAVE_RESTORE_OPTIONS="-c" SAVE_ON_STOP="yes" contents of firewall file(cat /var/lib/iptables/firewall)[i dropped some my comments, starting with '#' before post]: (Taube told me it is right...anyway i post it) # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Sun Oct 8 18:08:12 2006 *raw :PREROUTING ACCEPT :OUTPUT ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Sun Oct 8 18:08:12 2006 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Sun Oct 8 18:08:12 2006 *nat :PREROUTING ACCEPT :POSTROUTING ACCEPT :OUTPUT ACCEPT -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE COMMIT # Completed on Sun Oct 8 18:08:12 2006 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Sun Oct 8 18:08:12 2006 *mangle :PREROUTING ACCEPT :INPUT ACCEPT :FORWARD ACCEPT :OUTPUT ACCEPT :POSTROUTING ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Sun Oct 8 18:08:12 2006 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Sun Oct 8 18:08:12 2006 *filter :INPUT DROP :FORWARD DROP :OUTPUT DROP :INBOUND - :LOG_FILTER - :LSI - :LSO - :OUTBOUND - -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 2001 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 2667 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p icmp -m limit --limit 10/min -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth1 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 193.70.192.25 -p tcp -m tcp ! --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 193.70.192.25 -p udp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 212.48.4.15 -p tcp -m tcp ! --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 212.48.4.15 -p udp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 62.211.69.150 -p tcp -m tcp ! --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 62.211.69.150 -p udp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 62.101.80.80 -p tcp -m tcp ! --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 62.101.80.80 -p udp -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 130.136.1.110 -p tcp -m tcp ! --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -s 130.136.1.110 -p udp -j ACCEPT -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o ppp0 -j OUTBOUND -A OUTPUT -o eth1 -j OUTBOUND -A OUTPUT -d 193.70.192.25 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 193.70.192.25 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 212.48.4.15 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 212.48.4.15 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 62.211.69.150 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 62.211.69.150 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 62.101.80.80 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 62.101.80.80 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 130.136.1.110 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -d 130.136.1.110 -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A OUTBOUND -j ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Sun Oct 8 18:08:12 2006 where those are DNS: 193.70.192.25 212.48.4.15 62.211.69.150 62.101.80.80 130.136.1.110 theese are my gentoo configurations options(emerge --info): Portage 2.1.1 (default-linux/x86/2006.1/desktop, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.12.5 Last Sync: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 10:30:01 +0000 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.3 dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r7 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.17-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-mtune=athlon-xp -march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-mtune=athlon-xp -march=athlon-xp -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo http://mirror.phy.olemiss.edu/mirror/gentoo http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.uni-c.dk/pub/gentoo/ http://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ ftp://trumpetti.atm.tut.fi/gentoo/ http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo/ http://gentoo.intergenia.de ftp://files.gentoo.org http://files.gentoo.org ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.uoi.gr/mirror/OS/gentoo/ http://ftp.uoi.gr/mirror/OS/gentoo/ http://ftp.physics.auth.gr/pub/mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.physics.auth.gr/pub/mirrors/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.scarlet-internet.nl/pub/gentoo http://mirror.gentoo.no/ http://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/gentoo/ ftp://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/gentoo/ http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/gentoo/ ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/Gentoo http://gentoo.mirror.solnet.ch http://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Gentoo/ ftp://ftp.twaren.net/Linux/Gentoo/ http://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/Linux/Gentoo/ ftp://ftp.ncnu.edu.tw/Linux/Gentoo/ " LINGUAS="it" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/overlays/xgl-coffee /usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowex X alsa arts cairo crypt cups dhcp elibc_glibc glitz gmp hal input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse kde kernel_linux linguas_it mmx mmxext mp3 mpeg2 mpeg4 nls nptl nvidia opengl pnp readline sse ssl userland_GNU video_cards_nvidia video_cards_vesa vorbis xmms" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS As into guide is written that iptables-{save,restore} tools are not sufficiently test as there are not sufficiently user that try them... i'm here :D I hope to give you some help to discover bugs(if it's not an error of mine ;) )...and i'm sorry if i make you lose your time. Thanks all in advance. Alberto -- Undergraduate student at Computer Science, University of Bologna. Icq number: 79465051 Web page: www.cs.unibo.it/~negri Gpg-id: 1024D/E96025D7 Fingerprint: 2C6A 3E88 05AB 5B21 82E8 4A80 C357 1E37 E960 25D7