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From: Pete Pardoe <pete.pardoe@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Iptables
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:05:01
Message-Id: 6c6bf1720701190456s6274587du21791c2c70d7abe9@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Iptables by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan
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3 IPTables support must be compiled into the kernel. I am not in front of my
4 gentoo system so cannot help you find the location in "make menuconfig" but
5 if you poke around you should be able to locate it.
6
7 Pete
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9 On 1/19/07, Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za> wrote:
10 >
11 > On Thursday 18 January 2007 17:58, Fabrício L. Ribeiro wrote:
12 > > How can I install and run iptables (with conntrack and all other
13 > > modules) in a Gentoo 2006.1 box with kernel generated by genkernel?
14 > >
15 > > I tried "emerge iptables", but when I type "iptables -F" I get
16 > > something like this:
17 > >
18 > > FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
19 > > iptables v1.3.5: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables
20 > > who? (do you need to insmod?)
21 > > Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
22 >
23 > genkernel uses a standard .config the first time you use it on a kernel
24 > version. In the kernel sources, all the netfilter options are disabled
25 > by default, and you MUST enable them via menuconfig.
26 >
27 > Did you perhaps omit this step?
28 >
29 > alan
30 >
31 >
32 > --
33 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
34 >
35 >
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39 Pete Pardoe

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Re: [gentoo-user] Iptables "Fabrício L. Ribeiro" <flribeiro@×××××.com>