[wplug] firewall problem

Robert Dale rdale at wplug.org
Mon Dec 10 16:45:31 EST 2001


RedHat 7.x uses ipchains by default.
rmmod ipchains; mv /etc/sysconfig/ipchains{,.old}
/etc/init.d/iptables start

-- 
Rob

On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Romano, Christopher wrote:

> I am trying to setup iptable rules, however iptables must not be setup
> right.  When I installed RH 7.1 I made sure to install it.  When I type
> something like iptables -L I get this:
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: init_module:
> Device or resource busy
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
> invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o failed
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: insmod ip_tables
> failed
> iptables v1.2.1a: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who?
> (do you need to insmod?)
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
> 
> when I type insmod ip_tables I get this:
> Using /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o
> /lib/modules/2.4.2-2/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o: init_module:
> Device or resource busy
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
> invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> 
> Any ideas on what to do?




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