Re: [tlug] Is having no "iptables" bad? [SOLVED]

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

Evan, Stephen,

Thank you for your advice.

On my next kernel upgrade, I will mark it with a revision number. Thanks 
for the tip.

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Dave> # CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES is not set 
> And this is why.  You need this and the specific filter modules that
> depend on it, not just the Xtables option.
>   
Ah! IP_NF_IPTABLES. I'm not sure why I didn't find it in the .config 
file when I searched for "iptables". Perhaps I accidentally had case 
sensitivity on?

Anyhow, armed with a proper name for the module, I hunted it down in 
xconfig, ran modules_install, "then modprobe ip_tables", and it looks 
like it worked.

I ran FireStarter, and it made no complaints, and shows the firewall as 
running. I take this to mean ip_tables is working.

Very cool. Now onto the SD card issue.

Thanks to everyone, especially Josh, Mauro, Stephen, Botond, Godwin, 
Evan, and Al, for all the help, advice, and education!

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Dave M G