Re: [tlug] iptables: problem with REJECT

[Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc@example.com>]

Josh Glover wrote:
> 
> It must say something like: "REJECT target"

I still get:

# iptables --policy FORWARD REJECT
iptables: Bad policy name


I checked all of these options under IP: Netfilter Configuration, it 
doesn't look like I missed any appropriate ... Any ideas why I still get 
this error?

[*] Connection tracking (required for masq/NAT)
[ ]   FTP protocol support
[ ]   IRC protocol support
[*] IP tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT) 
                                          [*]   limit match support
[ ]   MAC address match support 
                                          [*]   Packet type match 
support 
                [*]   netfilter MARK match support 
                                                        [*]   Multiple 
port match support 
                         [*]   TOS match support 
                                                                 [*] 
ECN match support 
                                   [*]   DSCP match support 
 
      [*]   AH/ESP match support 
                                               [*]   LENGTH match 
support 
                       [*]   TTL match support 
                                                                [*] 
tcpmss match support 
                                   [*]   Helper match support 
 
     [*]   Connection state match support 
                                              [*]   Connection tracking 
match support 
              [*]   Packet filtering 
                                                      [*]     REJECT 
target support 
                          [ ]   Full NAT 
                                                                  [ ] 
Packet mangling 
                                   [*]   LOG target support 
 
    [*]   ULOG target support 
                                             [*]   TCPMSS target support 
 
             [ ] ARP tables support

Thanks

Jc