Re: SNAT "invalid argument"

["David Busby" <busby@pnts.com>]

In this doc
http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO//NAT-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1 it says
use --to-source, not --to

/B
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Whit Blauvelt" <whit@transpect.com>
To: <netfilter@lists.netfilter.org>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:56
Subject: SNAT "invalid argument"


> Hi,
>
> I've been using SNAT for some time on several systems. However on a system
I
> just built I get the following response:
>
> # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT --to 1.2.3.4
> iptables: Invalid argument
>
> That's with 1.2.3.4 replaced by a real IP (or not).
>
> This is driving me up the wall since "Full NAT"  support is compiled into
> the 2.4.21 kernel. The iptables version is 1.2.8. The only thing different
> in the kernel options from what I've used before is that I also included
> "NAT of local connections" - haven't tried to use that yet though.
>
> iptables is otherwise working fine. -j MASQUERADE (also compiled in) also
> gives me an "Invalid argument" - so it does look like something's wrong in
> the NAT section, but damned if I know what.
>
> Whit
>