Re: (clug-talk) Stuck with RH9 iptables install

[Juan Alberto Cirez]

Alex,
I am not sure that the stock RH9 kernel comes with IPTABLES support right out of the gate (I use slackware).
To be on the safe side, re-compile the kernel with support for iptables (READ the kernel how-to at www.linuxdoc.org) and download, compile & install the iptables binaries...There is another IPTABLES how-to at the site mentioned above...DO a seach on google for iptables and have a read at the tutorials...

Alexandr Molochnikov wrote:

Hello,

 

I am new to this group, and to Linux as well. I ran into difficulties installing a firewall (IPTables) on our Red Hat 9 machine, and need some guidance. There are several problems:

 

1. The ip_nat_ftp module is missing from the kernel. I thought it was supposed to be part of standard install, but since I was not the one who originally installed my RH9, I do not know how it became missing.

 

2. I added the iptables script to /etc/rc.d/init.d directory, and even though this is a close copy of the script that successfully runs on another machine with Red Hat 7.2, on RH9 it generates a long array of error messages, such as:

 

No such file or directory: /sbin/iptables    /* Not true, the file exists */

Invalid target name 'DROP'                        /* It was OK on RH7.2 */

 

I suspect the cause may be trivial, but cannot see where I am going wrong.

 

Any help will be deeply appreciated.

 

Alex Molochnikov

Gestalt Corporation

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