iptables and kernels > 2.6.20

[Christopher Friedt]

I forgot to recompile libnetfilter_conntrack - these days it has to be 
built separately from iptables for some reason.

Also, CONFIG_NF_CT_NETLINK seemed to be moved or added.

Thanks for the suggestions in any event.

~/Chris

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 08:57:34PM +0200, Christopher Friedt wrote:
>> In the case where anyone is using a kernel >= 2.6.20, have you had any 
>> issues with iptables and nat?
>>
>> I'm using 2.6.20 and using the exact same config from 2.6.19, which had 
>> worked perfectly before my upgrad, but I receive the following error.
>>
>> # iptables -L -t nat
>> FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
>> iptables v1.3.7: can't initialize iptables table `nat': Table does not 
>> exist (do you need to insmod?)
>> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
>>
>> I have the iptables built directly into my kernel, so it's not actually 
>> built as a module.
> 
> Maybe you shouldn't have.
> 
>> Any suggestions are appreciated.
> 
> Most likely you left out some config options for iptables features that
> you need.  Perhaps some can ONLY be modules.  It is not unheard of for
> kernel features that can't be built in at all.
> 
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