On Monday 24 June 2002 8:57 pm, Christian Seberino wrote: > Ed > > Thanks for the reply. I can accept that -F is necessary > *for every single table separately*. > > User defined chains are *not* tied to specific tables > as far as I can tell. Is there any value in doing > > iptables -t nat -X > iptables -t mangle -X > iptables -t filter -X > > rather than just iptables -X???
Depends what rules you've put into your user-define chains. If you've only used "-t filter" rules, you only need to delete with -X, but if you've added some "-t nat" rules or "-t mangle" rules then you must use -X -t nat or -X -t mangle to delete them. Antony.
