You cant use iptables and ipchains at the same time? This explains ALOT to me if true, and would account for ALOT of my problems with iptables. Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Devon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 9:17 AM Subject: Re: IP something confusion
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 09 December 2001 07:56 am, Ragnar Wiencke wrote: > > Hi guys. > > > > I just installed a RH 7.1 server installation. Now it blokked telnet, > > ftp, http, nttp and ssh. > > Did you configure a firewall at install time? > > > But I got confused reading about IPCHAINS, IPTABLES and IPFWADM. Can > > you guys explain in few words what does what on my machine? > > The firewall set up at install will use ipchains. Ipchains and ipfwadm > will both be depreciated over time, in favor of iptables. > > > If I do a IPTABLES -L I get a screenful of errors. > > The iptables module trying to load, while the ipchains module is already > loaded, most likely. The will not peacefully co-exist, only one can be > loaded at a time. > > > If I do IPCHAINS -L > > I get a list that shows me a lot of things I don't understand yet. And > > I do IPCHAINS -F to get access to the machine with SSH. > > These are most likely the rules set up by the installer. You can run > /usr/sbin/lokkit, and edit them using the same tool that created them at > install. > > > As I understand it IPCHAINS is for kernels 2.2 and IPTABLES is for > > kernels 2.4 but according to the error message it doesn't run. > > Ipchains compatability is still built into the kernel. Iptables has more > features, and will eventually replace ipchains. To use iptables, you can: > Stop using ipchains- > /sbin/service ipchains stop > /sbin/chkconfig ipchains off > /sbin/rmmod [all ipchains related modules] > Now, you should be able to insert the iptables module. > Assuming that works, create your rules, run /sbin/iptables-save > Then, chkconfig iptables on. > > Ok, that's a rough outline, but should get you started. > Hope it helps, > > - -D > > - -- > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/pgpkey.txt > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8E3JxeMAUbzJhSVcRAvDnAKDClH46f1RzlqFUbzPfucrCEkTHwgCeKNbs > 4CyLugzaHwWYohTppBuB4Eo= > =Xu2x > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
