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jini
Asked: 2012-04-30 11:49:11 +0800 CST

Why is iptables command throwing errors?

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I typed the following on my Debian system:

iptables --list

And got the following:

libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod-index.c:816 index_mm_open: magic check fail: b007fa57 instead of b007f457
iptables v1.4.13: can't initialize iptables table `filter': Table does not exist (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

Any tips on how to fix it?

firewall debian iptables

3 Answers

  1. You are running it as a regular user, run the command as root.

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  2. @poige is right, your loading the wrong kernel module version. I added as a seperate answer since there wasnt really enough room in comments.

    In libkmod/libkmod-index.h

    /* Integers are stored as 32 bit unsigned in "network" order, i.e. MSB first.
   All files start with a magic number.

   Magic spells "BOOTFAST". Second one used on newer versioned binary files.
 */
/* #define INDEX_MAGIC_OLD 0xB007FA57 */
#define INDEX_MAGIC 0xB007F457
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  3. Have you tried rebooting? Seems like module version is newer than running kernel expects.

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