Re: failed to configure iptables with 2.6.16 kernel

[Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 01:10:54PM +0000, Hubert Tonneau wrote:
> Harald Welte wrote:
> >
> > this sounds like you're missing support for the tcp/udp match.
> > This functionality is implemented in xt_tcpudp.{c,ko}, which is compiled
> > as soon as x_tables is compiled.
> 
> Loading 'xt_tcpudp' module solves the problem. Thanks for the answer.

great.

> So, the problem was just that the new 'x_tables' module is loaded automatically
> according to modules dependencies, but 'xt_tcpudp' is not.

that is strange, since the iptables userspace program should explicitly
request loading that module.  

unfortunately you didn't reply to my question on the version number of
the iptables program.  Maybe we have some yet-unknown issues with old
iptables versions, and I want to get to the bottom of this.

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- Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>                 http://netfilter.org/
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