iptables state "unknown error"

[kwerk]

I am running CentOS 5.3 with kernel 2.6.23.

When I try to add an iptable with "state" I get an error:

iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

iptables: Unknown error 4294967295

The ipt_state.ko module does not seem to be anywhere on the system, just the file ipt_state.h. There is no mention of ipt_state in my .config file.

How can I get iptables working?

[Lazydog]

Make sure the kernel modules are loaded.

/sbin/modprobe ipt_state

[rituraj.goswami]

make sure iptables is runnisng :
# service iptables status

# service iptables start

# ifconfig iptables on


well there is a problemthat i found that while installing the linux system if you turned off the firewall the config files doesn't get created. i'm a rhce and faced this problems in many situations without any solutions at times.

[Lazydog]

# ifconfig iptables on

Do you mean chkconfig iptables on?