-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21 Nov 2002 08:18:52 -0500, James Pifer wrote:
> When I tried the "modprobe -r ip_tables" it gave me an error that the > device was busy. This is because you provided not enough information about your system which you claim would be a fresh install. Red Hat Linux 7.3, however, is based on ipchains. Its firewall tools use ipchains. If on your system the ip_tables kernel module and probably additional netfilter modules are loaded, that means, you have modified Red Hat Linux 7.3 and configured it to load modules which you may need to remove manually. You can run "lsmod" and remove them with "rmmod" or "modprobe -r", but that can be tricky when they depend on eachother. > The previous two commands seemed to work ok. Once you would execute the next two commands, that would enable ipchains and a reboot would solve your problem with the iptables modules. Alternatively, use the "lsmod" way of finding out which modules you need to remove. > If I use iptables, should I remove ipchains completely? Right now the > firewall is stuck on "High" and I can't change it. This doesn't make sense. See above. The firewall (which one?) of Red Hat Linux 7.3 is based on ipchains, but you have the ip_tables kernel module loaded. Something's wrong at your end. Only you can tell what you've done. > Can I uninstall ipchains, by removing the rpm? Will that do it? That would remove the ipchains userspace tools. > How do I then open it up so there is no firewall? Isn't there a few > iptables command to flush the rules or something? This doesn't make sense either. ipchains OR iptables? iptables cannot flush ipchains rules and vice versa. They cannot coexist. > Then I can work on closing it back up again using the other tools you > suggested. That's solely your decision. Netfilter (aka iptables) is superior, but Red Hat's tools for Red Hat Linux 7.x use the older ipchains. > > Try this sequence as "root" user: > > > > # service iptables stop > > # chkconfig iptables off > > (at this point hope that you don't have many iptables modules > > loaded) > > # modprobe -r ip_tables > > # chkconfig ipchains on > > # service ipchains start - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE93Odo0iMVcrivHFQRAlAmAJ9uVcL+xrns6UkKYIwQgDOdiYPK7wCdH3Xi kYZ5VIAGqR8bMT+Sl+ATvzI= =UPTI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
