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

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

Botond, Evan,

Thank you for your help.

Botond Botyanszki wrote:
> Did you try to `modprobe ip_tables`? It should give further details.
>   
dave@example.com:/usr/src/linux$ sudo modprobe ip_tables
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.

> You should enable "Kernel .config support" in "General options", this will
> help others too.
>   
Okay, I just set that, did a "make modules modules_install", and then 
retried "modprobe ip_table". Still not found.

Evan Monroig wrote:
> 1) this one to show us your kernel
>   
dave@example.com:/usr/src/linux$ uname -a
Linux homebase 2.6.17.7 #1 SMP Mon Jul 31 15:50:28 JST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

> 2) this one to show us your modules related to ip_tables
>   
dave@example.com:/usr/src/linux$ modprobe -l | grep ip_
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_queue.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_tftp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_proto_sctp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_pptp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netbios_ns.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_irc.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_ftp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_amanda.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_wrr.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_wlc.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sh.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_sed.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_rr.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_nq.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lc.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblcr.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_lblc.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs_dh.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ipvs/ip_vs.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/net/ipv4/ip_gre.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.17.7/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/grip_mp.ko


> 3) this one if you want to show us how you configured the iptables part
> of your kernel
dave@example.com:/usr/src/linux$ grep -i ip_ .config
CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
CONFIG_ASK_IP_FIB_HASH=y
# CONFIG_IP_FIB_TRIE is not set
CONFIG_IP_FIB_HASH=y
CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_CACHED=y
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RR=m
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RANDOM=m
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_WRANDOM=m
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_DRR=m
CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE=y
# CONFIG_IP_PNP is not set
CONFIG_IP_MROUTE=y
CONFIG_IP_PIMSM_V1=y
CONFIG_IP_PIMSM_V2=y
CONFIG_IP_VS=m
# CONFIG_IP_VS_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_IP_VS_TAB_BITS=12
CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_TCP=y
CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_UDP=y
CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_ESP=y
CONFIG_IP_VS_PROTO_AH=y
CONFIG_IP_VS_RR=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_WRR=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_LC=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_WLC=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_LBLC=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_LBLCR=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_DH=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_SH=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_SED=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_NQ=m
CONFIG_IP_VS_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_CT_ACCT=y
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK=y
# CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK_NETLINK=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_FTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_IRC=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_NETBIOS_NS=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_TFTP=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_AMANDA=m
CONFIG_IP_NF_PPTP=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_H323 is not set
CONFIG_IP_NF_QUEUE=m
# CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_ARPTABLES is not set
CONFIG_IP_DCCP=m
CONFIG_IP_DCCP_ACKVEC=y
CONFIG_IP_DCCP_CCID2=m
CONFIG_IP_DCCP_CCID3=m
CONFIG_IP_DCCP_TFRC_LIB=m
CONFIG_IP_SCTP=m
# CONFIG_ATM_CLIP_NO_ICMP is not set
# CONFIG_MTD_NAND_DISKONCHIP_PROBE_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_MTD_NAND_DISKONCHIP_PROBE_ADDRESS=0
# CONFIG_MTD_NAND_DISKONCHIP_BBTWRITE is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_EPP16 is not set
# CONFIG_SCSI_IZIP_SLOW_CTR is not set
# CONFIG_TULIP_MWI is not set
# CONFIG_TULIP_MMIO is not set
# CONFIG_TULIP_NAPI is not set
CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6=y
CONFIG_JOYSTICK_GRIP_MP=m

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Dave M G