On Saturday 04 May 2002 12:54, Jack Bowling wrote: > ** Reply to message from Amir Tal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sat, 04 May 2002 > 12:06:33 +0300 > > > hi, > > > > one of my machines at home is running RH72 , 2.4.9-31 (upgraded from > > up2date) and since i upgraded i am having problems forwarding traffic > > through that machine using iptables. > > the iptables version that comes with RH originally is iptables-1.2.3-1, > > and i figured that an upgrade is in order here so i removed the old > > packages and installed iptables-1.2.4-2 using up2date. this is the same > > error i am getting before and after the update : > > > > # /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > > /lib/modules/2.4.9-31/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: init_module: > > Device or resource busy > > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters > > /lib/modules/2.4.9-31/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: insmod > > /lib/modules/2.4.9-31/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o failed > > /lib/modules/2.4.9-31/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: insmod > > ip_tables failed > > iptables v1.2.4: can't initialize iptables table `nat': iptables who? (do > > you need to insmod?) > > Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded. > > <snip> > > iptables will not load if ipchains is loaded first. Do the following: > > /sbin/chkconfig --del ipchains > /sbin/service ipchains stop > /sbin/modprobe -r ipchains > > The above gets rid of ipchains both in the current session and for future > sessions. > > Then do: > > /sbin/chkconfig --levels 2345 iptables on > > Then try loading your iptables. Should work now. BTW, the first RH 1.2.4 > rpms were compiled with debugging enabled. This will mess up a lot of > scripts that call iptables. Best thing to do is to upgrade to the latest > iptables v1.2.5 from the rawhide ftp repository at ftp.redhat.com >
thanks jack ! that worked :) i will upgrade to 1.2.5 soon. thanks a LOT ! :) tal. > jb -- ----------------------------------------------- [root@localhost /]# make love make: stop : dont know how to make love [root@localhost /]#ls Amir Tal, ICQ : 15748705 http://www.whatsup.org.il ----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
