Mailing List Archive: problem on iptables

problem on iptables

Sep 4, 2007, 11:48 AM

Post #1 of 4 (3044 views)

Hi,
In our current kernel, iptables doesn't work due to the error "can't
initialize iptables table `filter'".
I suspect that the netfilter is not turned on in the kernel.
We download the v2.6.20.11 sourcecode and try to do a menuconfig but
the networking packet filtering framework does not provide any option
for us to select to turn on netfilter. Can anyone let me know what patch files
I need to add to allow me to choose this netfilter feature?

thanks
peng

Re: problem on iptables [ In reply to ]

davila at nicaraguaopensource

Sep 4, 2007, 12:11 PM

Post #2 of 4 (2891 views)

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You don't need any patch to put to work netfilter/iptables.

I'm pretty sure that is disabled in the kernel configuration.

Jorge.

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:48:30 -0400
"Peng Yang" <pey204@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> In our current kernel, iptables doesn't work due to the error "can't
> initialize iptables table `filter'".
> I suspect that the netfilter is not turned on in the kernel.
> We download the v2.6.20.11 sourcecode and try to do a menuconfig but
> the networking packet filtering framework does not provide any option
> for us to select to turn on netfilter. Can anyone let me know what patch
>files
> I need to add to allow me to choose this netfilter feature?
>
> thanks
> peng
>
>

Jorge Isaac Davila Lopez
Nicaragua Open Source
+505 430 5462
davila@nicaraguaopensource.com

Re: problem on iptables [ In reply to ]

pey204 at gmail

Sep 4, 2007, 12:45 PM

Post #3 of 4 (2902 views)

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Hi Jorge,

How to turn on this configuration?
I am using kernel 2.6.20.11.
Do I need to recompile the kernel after turning on the configuration?

thanks,
Peng

On 9/4/07, Jorge Davila <davila@nicaraguaopensource.com> wrote:
> You don't need any patch to put to work netfilter/iptables.
>
> I'm pretty sure that is disabled in the kernel configuration.
>
> Jorge.
>
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:48:30 -0400
> "Peng Yang" <pey204@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > In our current kernel, iptables doesn't work due to the error "can't
> > initialize iptables table `filter'".
> > I suspect that the netfilter is not turned on in the kernel.
> > We download the v2.6.20.11 sourcecode and try to do a menuconfig but
> > the networking packet filtering framework does not provide any option
> > for us to select to turn on netfilter. Can anyone let me know what patch
> >files
> > I need to add to allow me to choose this netfilter feature?
> >
> > thanks
> > peng
> >
> >
>
> Jorge Isaac Davila Lopez
> Nicaragua Open Source
> +505 430 5462
> davila@nicaraguaopensource.com
>

Re: problem on iptables [ In reply to ]

davila at nicaraguaopensource

Sep 4, 2007, 2:20 PM

Post #4 of 4 (2892 views)

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Well, the option is in Network Configuration ... and yes, you need recompile
after ...

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 15:45:01 -0400
"Peng Yang" <pey204@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jorge,
>
> How to turn on this configuration?
> I am using kernel 2.6.20.11.
> Do I need to recompile the kernel after turning on the configuration?
>
> thanks,
> Peng
>
> On 9/4/07, Jorge Davila <davila@nicaraguaopensource.com> wrote:
>> You don't need any patch to put to work netfilter/iptables.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure that is disabled in the kernel configuration.
>>
>> Jorge.
>>
>> On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:48:30 -0400
>> "Peng Yang" <pey204@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > In our current kernel, iptables doesn't work due to the error "can't
>> > initialize iptables table `filter'".
>> > I suspect that the netfilter is not turned on in the kernel.
>> > We download the v2.6.20.11 sourcecode and try to do a menuconfig but
>> > the networking packet filtering framework does not provide any option
>> > for us to select to turn on netfilter. Can anyone let me know what patch
>> >files
>> > I need to add to allow me to choose this netfilter feature?
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > peng
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Jorge Isaac Davila Lopez
>> Nicaragua Open Source
>> +505 430 5462
>> davila@nicaraguaopensource.com
>>
>
>

Jorge Isaac Davila Lopez
Nicaragua Open Source
+505 430 5462
davila@nicaraguaopensource.com