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From: "Bryan Schmidt" <absolut_bryan@hotmail.com>
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> I am getting the following message when trying to use iptable (iptable -L)
> "iptables v1.2.6a: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who?
> (do yo
> u need to insmod?)
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded."
>
> It seems that I can't access any of the tables (filter,nat, or mangle).
> Does the kernel need to be modified?  How do I go about this? I am running
> Debain 3.0r1 on an UtraII.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bryan Schmidt, MCSE, MCP + Internet
> Area101, Inc.
> MIS Director
>

Often this is that ipchains is loaded in memory. Remove ipchains from memory
with 'rmmod' command. Load the ip_tables module with 'insmod' or modprobe.

In Red Hat it would be...
# chkconfig ipchains off
# chkconfig iptables on
# rmmod ipchains
# insmod ip_tables

/Klitnan