On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:06, Mark Weaver wrote: > t, > > adding the "-p" (protocol) was the missing link. why in the world didn't > iptables just say that's what it was missing instead of the generic error > message it was giving me?
I think the technical reason it gave the "option unknown" response is because those options (--dport, --sport) only become available to iptables when the specific protocol module (tcp, udp) gets loaded. If you don't specify the protocol, the protocol module doesn't get loaded, and iptables doesn't even know the --dport option exists, thus the error. > thanks so much. firewall happy now. user is too! :) Good stuff. > just wish someone would respond to my post about postfix... I think I missed that one .. t -- PGP key : http://n12turbo.com/tarragon/public.key
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