i emerged iptables again ('emerge -p iptabes' showed that it was't installed), mv the new init script over and restarted it. i'm still getting the same error.
then, on kind of a fluke, i added the path to the executable on the command line, and it accepts the command. go figure. > I read this warning was a result of some patches placed on the 2.4.20-r6 > kernel(saw this when I emerged the -r6 kernel), and the solution was to > re-emerge iptables. > > Fred Clausen > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list