Try INPUT ;) Ed
-----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.
