I agree with you George, atleast it seems there is no mechanism to list the tables. Apologies for my ignorance, but could you tell me the reason why you would need to list the tables. As far as I know netfilter provides a static list of tables - filter, mangle & nat. Regards, Karthik -----Original Message----- From: netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of U. George Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:46 PM To: andy thomas Cc: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: iptable: obtaining list of tables? As far as I can tell - no. Docs says it just list chains. sample try, suggests that only the default table is used to list a -t "" . BTW: if u dont use -L -n, the chain is silently ignored - ;-( =========================================== [root@MyLaptop gat]# /sbin/iptables -L -n Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination [root@MyLaptop gat]# /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE [root@MyLaptop gat]# /sbin/iptables -L -n Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination [root@MyLaptop gat]# /sbin/iptables -t nat -L -n Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination MASQUERADE all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination [root@MyLaptop gat]# /sbin/iptables -t nat -L Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination MASQUERADE all -- anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination [root@MyLaptop gat]# =========================================== -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ______________________________________________________________________ This Email may contain confidential or privileged information for the intended recipient (s) If you are not the intended recipient, please do not use or disseminate the information, notify the sender and delete it from your system. ______________________________________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
