[PLUG] iptables error message

[Salvador J Peralta]

On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Lynn Yuan wrote:

> Hi Steve,
> 
> Thank you for your quick reply. My eth0 in this case
> is    192.168.0. this linux box is among my another
> internal network, and the eth1 for this box is
> 172.16.1.. I check the file ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1,
> both file setting seem o.k..(ip address and network,
> broadcast,)
> Is there any other files I should take a look at?

How are you starting iptables?  If you cannot start it manually, then your
syntax is probably bad.  In redhat 9.0, why not try doing 

/etc/init.d/iptables status and/or
/etc/init.d/iptables restart.

If that doesn't work, have a look at the file specified in
IPTABLES_CONFIG.

Regards,

Salvador


Since you are using
redhat, the first
place I would look is at the start



> 
> Melinda
> 
> --- "Steven A. Adams" <stevea at nwtechops.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 15:21, Lynn Yuan wrote:
> > > Hi 
> > > 
> > > I set up a RedHat 9.0 with 2 network cards: eth0
> > and
> > > eth1, it runs o.k., the internal box can browse
> > the
> > > outside world. I guess it means that my iptable
> > works
> > > fine. The problem is that everytime I start the
> > > iptables it will appear the error message: "
> > iptables
> > > v1.2.7a: host/network "start92.168.0.0 not found.
> > Try
> > > iptables -h or -help..."
> > > I am using DSL not the modem. I look all over the
> > > related files to try to find any error about
> > > "92.168.0.0" but couldn't find any. Could anyone
> > help
> > > me with this problem.
> > > 
> > > Another question is I want to make my samba server
> > to
> > > work, I only familiar with samba and ipchains
> > setting
> > > but not with the iptables setting. Please help!
> > > Thanks
> > > 
> > 
> > Hey Melinda,
> > You might try looking in
> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or
> > whatever your internal facing interface is) and make
> > sure that the
> > NETWORK= entry is correct.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > 
> > 
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