Sorry Jeff, meant to reply-all so the list would also see... I tried removing all references to "-m limit --limit ..." in the script but I still get the same errors...
If it helps, I had the same problems with anothe script I got off the net as well. so I'm assuming its something to do with my iptables setup. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, April 30, 2004 12:20 pm Subject: Re: Arnos firewall script > I haven't looked at that script in particular, but having just > setup an > iptables firewall on my own U5 recerntly, I'd wager the script has > "-m > limit" lines within. > > Unfortunately, it looks like the limit module is broken for the > ultrasparcs, so you'll need to remove/modify those line to remove > the > reference to the limit module. > > - Jeff > > Joubin Moshrefzadeh wrote: > > Anyone tried using this script? > > > > I'm trying to use it on an Ultra5 running Woody but keep getting > errors like: > > > > iptables v1.2.6a: can't initialize iptables table 'nat': Table > does not exist (do you need to insmod?) Perhaps iptables or your > kernel needs to be upgraded. > > . > > . > > iptables: Invalid argument > > . > > . > > iptables: No chain/target/match by that name > > > > my searches on google suggested "insmod iptables.o", which > didn't work, since i guess the modules in > /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ are named > differently... i.e. ip_tables.o. > > > > but trying to insmod ip_tables.o gives me: > > insmod: a module named ip_tables already exists > > > > so neeless to say, i'm a bit stumped... all i want is a simple > firewall script, and this seemed like a solution... if anyone can > suggest a remedy or suggest other scripts they've had success with > on sparc, I'd look forward to the input. > > > > thanks, > > Joubin > > > > > > > > >