Problem with iptables accounting in Ubuntu Precise 12.04 LTS

Problem with iptables accounting in Ubuntu Precise 12.04 LTS

[John Tran]

I'm trying to get iptables accounting working on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
amd64 yet not having much luck.  Here is what I'm getting and I hope
someone can provide some insight to my problems:

root@ubuntu-mbp:~# dpkg -l|grep xtables
ii  xtables-addons-common                           1.40-1
                      Extensions targets and matches for iptables
[tools, libs]
ii  xtables-addons-dkms                             1.40-1
                      Extensions targets and matches for iptables
ii  xtables-addons-source                           1.40-1
                      Extensions targets and matches for iptables
[modules sources]
root@ubuntu-mbp:~# iptaccount -a

libxt_ACCOUNT_cl userspace accounting tool v1.3

get_table_names failed: Can't get table names from kernel. Out of
memory, MINBUFISZE too small?
root@ubuntu-mbp:~# iptaccount -u

libxt_ACCOUNT_cl userspace accounting tool v1.3

get_handle_usage failed: Can't get handle usage information from kernel

Re: Problem with iptables accounting in Ubuntu Precise 12.04 LTS

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Friday 2012-07-20 19:44, John Tran wrote:

>I'm trying to get iptables accounting working on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>amd64 yet not having much luck.  Here is what I'm getting and I hope
>someone can provide some insight to my problems:

>root@ubuntu-mbp:~# iptaccount -a
>
>libxt_ACCOUNT_cl userspace accounting tool v1.3
>
>get_table_names failed: Can't get table names from kernel. Out of
>memory, MINBUFISZE too small?

iptaccount requires that xt_ACCOUNT.ko be loaded, but the original 
authors did not add any autoloading facility.

Re: Problem with iptables accounting in Ubuntu Precise 12.04 LTS

[John Tran]

I searched my entire hard drive, apparently xt_ACCOUNT.ko is not one
of the files that comes with Precise Pangolin.  Is there a known
Ubuntu distribution that does have it working properly?

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> wrote:
> On Friday 2012-07-20 19:44, John Tran wrote:
>
>>I'm trying to get iptables accounting working on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
>>amd64 yet not having much luck.  Here is what I'm getting and I hope
>>someone can provide some insight to my problems:
>
>>root@ubuntu-mbp:~# iptaccount -a
>>
>>libxt_ACCOUNT_cl userspace accounting tool v1.3
>>
>>get_table_names failed: Can't get table names from kernel. Out of
>>memory, MINBUFISZE too small?
>
> iptaccount requires that xt_ACCOUNT.ko be loaded, but the original
> authors did not add any autoloading facility.

Re: Problem with iptables accounting in Ubuntu Precise 12.04 LTS

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Saturday 2012-07-21 00:50, John Tran wrote:

>I searched my entire hard drive, apparently xt_ACCOUNT.ko is not one
>of the files that comes with Precise Pangolin.  Is there a known
>Ubuntu distribution that does have it working properly?

Maybe - I don't care about what Ubuntu does or does not.
Do make sure that you really have Xtables-addons installed properly, 
especially when using the extra DKMS hurdle.