Tom Eastep wrote:
> shacky wrote:
>> Hi list!
>>
>> I am configuring Shorewall on a Xen domU virtual machine.
>> I configured only the zones, interfaces, rules, policy and shorewall.conf 
>> files.
>> When I run "shorewall check" there aren't no problems, but when I try
>> to start shorewall I get this error a lot of time:
>>
>> iptables: Invalid argument
>> ip6tables v1.3.6: can't initialize ip6tables table `filter': Bad file 
>> descriptor
>>
>> and the Shorewall starting process ends with
>>
>> /sbin/shorewall: line 656: 25228 Terminated
>> $SHOREWALL_SHELL ${VARDIR}/.restart $debugging restart
>>
>> What's the problem?
>> I googled for this problem and it seems to be a kernel bug, but I am
>> in a domU...
> 
> Running in a domU does not preclude kernel bugs.

Also, 'Invalid argument' iptables errors often indicate that your iptables
is incompatible with your kernel. Did you build the iptables in the domU
against the domU kernel source tree?

-Tom
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