Iptables: want to accept ESTABLISHED/RELATED packets...

KneeLess · 01-19-2006, 04:24 PM

I want to accept connections that are already established. I tried this command:

Code:

# iptables -I INPUT 1 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

But then it throws this error at me:

Code:

iptables: No chain/target/match by that name

Without "-m state --state etc..." the command works fine, so I have narrowed it down to the state module. But:

Code:

# iptables -m state -h

Correctly produces the help for the state module, so I do have it. What's the problem?

jcliburn · 01-19-2006, 09:23 PM

Change "-I INPUT 1" to "-A INPUT" and you should be good to go.

fotoguy · 01-19-2006, 11:17 PM

You may also need to load the state module if it's not already loaded:

modprobe ipt_state