Re: can't initialize iptables table

[Adam Aube <aaube01@baker.edu>]

Simon Buchanan wrote:

> Hi There, as the last part of setting up our new mail server, i was just
> about to install our firewall script based on iptables... having a quick
> check i get this output:

> mx1:/# iptables -L
> iptables v1.2.11: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Module is
> wrong version
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
> 
> I am running kernel-image-2.6.8-9-em64t-p4-smp.

What is the output of 'uname -r'? Does running 'modprobe iptable_filter'
give any errors?

Adam