On Friday 05 July 2002 11:18 am, david wrote: > iptables:Bad built-in change name
What *exactly* did you type (punctuation as well) and what *exactly* is the response ? The command I want you to try is iptables -P INPUT DROP That is: "iptables" in lower case a space a hyphen or minus sign a capital P a space "INPUT" in capitals a space "DROP" in capitals <enter>. If you really do get an error in response to this, your system is very sick. Antony. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Antony Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 6:00 PM > Subject: Re: I need help , please > > > On Friday 05 July 2002 10:25 am, david wrote: > > > OK , I agree.In fact I am just trying. > > > I heve tested a simpler script : > > > > > > # Standard default policies > > > iptables -P INPUT DROP > > > iptables -P FORWARD DROP > > > iptables -P OUTPUT DROP > > > > > > am here you have the output. > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables : command not found > > > iptables: bad police name > > > iptables: bad police name > > > iptables: bad police name > > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables : command not found > > > > Do you have . in your path ??? It looks to me as though you're in > > /etc/rc.d/init.d when you type this, and it's trying to run the iptables > > script in the local directory instead of the iptables binary in /sbin > > > > What happens if you cd to /root and type > > iptables -P INPUT DROP > > > > > > > > Antony.
