next tell us the output of these commands: which iptables file `which iptables`
and did you mean to mis-spell INPUT as INPUD? -Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of david > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 6:37 AM > To: Antony Stone > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: I need help , please > > > Antony; > > #iptables -P INPUD DROP > iptables:Bad built in chain name > > if I turn to: > #iptables -P inpud DROP > iptables:Bad built in chain name > > if I try: > #iptables -p inpud DROP > iptables v1.2.3: unknown protocol `inpud` specified > > thanks again tony > > david > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Antony Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 6:35 PM > Subject: Re: I need help , please > > > > 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. > > > >
