[KLUG Members] iptables: missing a module?

[Bert Obbink]

Andrew Thompson heeft geschreven:

>I've been wanting to get iptables working on my system for awhile now, and 
>after reading the current iptables thread, decided to try that iptables -L 
>command. It keeps coming back with this error message:
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>>>iptables v1.2.4: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who? 
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>(do you need to insmod?)
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>>>Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
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>Can anyone tell me what I need to do here, and how? If I need to build a 
>module (it looks like I need ip_filter, and don't have it), can I do this 
>without having the rebuild the whole kernel? I've been through THAT mess a 
>couple of times already!
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>AndrewT
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When you give a lsmod command you should see at least the following modules:

ip_tables
iptable_filter

and possible:

ip_table_nat
iptable_mangle
ipt_MASQURADE
ipt_LOG


try to do an insmod of ip_tables.


Bert.