Re: [tlug] Is having no "iptables" bad?

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

Botond,

Thank you for responding.
> I hope you are aware of the fact that your package management system
> still thinks that you are using 2.6.15 and will ask to upgrade the kernel
> when a new ubuntu package comes out.
>   
I turned off the Ubuntu upgrade manager after upgrading to 2.6.17.7.

> You should try `iptables -L` or `iptables -F` and see what they say.
> Also send us the output of
> `zcat /proc/config.gz |grep NETFILTER; zcat /proc/config.gz |grep _NF_`
dave@example.com:/usr/src/linux$ sudo iptables -L
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables v1.3.3: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who? 
(do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
dave@example.com:/usr/src/linux$ sudo iptables -F
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables v1.3.3: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who? 
(do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
dave@example.com:/usr/src/linux$ zcat /proc/config.gz |grep NETFILTER; zcat 
/proc/config.gz |grep _NF_
zcat: /proc/config.gz: No such file or directory
zcat: /proc/config.gz: No such file or directory

--
Dave M G