Re: iptables problems

[Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> Hi, all,
>
> I'm trying to get iptables to work on a new debian vps.  This worked before my
> hosting company changed to virtuozzo for their vm.
>
> On the new system I'm getting the following error:
>
> iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
>
>
> This is a response to any iptables statement using the ipt_recent module, i.e.
>
> iptables -A FTP -p tcp --syn -m recent --name badFTP --rcheck --seconds 3600
> -j REJECT
>
> I tried
>
> modprobe ipt_recent
>
> But get the error:
>
> FATAL: Module ipt_recent not found.
>
> Of course, this all worked in the previous version.
>
>
>

perhaps they forgot to copy over the modules?  Do you see any modules in:
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/

If not, I'd contact your provider to see about getting those installed.

Jeff