On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:33:48 +0200, Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Di, den 19.10.2004 schrieb Linn Kubler um 0:07: > > > When I run "service iptables restart" I get this response: > > Applying iptables firewall rules: iptables-restore v1.2.9: > > iptables-restore: unable to initializetable 'filter' > > > > Error occrred at line:3 > > Try 'iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information. > > Then /etc/sysconfig/iptables is broken. > > > I have not modified the iptables configuration file and upon looking > > at /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config everything is commented out. > > Looking at /etc/sysconfig/iptables I see that the first two lines are > > comments and the third line reads: *filter. Is the asterix causing > > the problem? > > > Linn > > Why didn't you simply post the content of the /etc/sysconfig/iptables > file? Anyway, run "system-config-securitylevel" and let it generate a > new and proper file. Maybe move the broken file first to another place. > > Alexander Oops, sorry it didn't even occure to me to post the file. So I ran "system-config-securitylevel" and it offered me the chance to enable so I did. It returned the prompt with no message so I'm assuming that ment it worked correctly. I then ran "service iptables restart" to see what would happen and I got the same error message as before. Here is my iptables file, hope it's readable. Thanks again, Linn
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