Re: Help getting iptables REDIRECT to work

On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:55:53 +0200, Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Julien Vehent a écrit :
>> On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 01:33:13 +0100, Chris Haynes <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> $ sudo iptables -v -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT
>>> --to-port 8080
>>> REDIRECT tcp opt -- in * out * 0.0.0.0/0 -> 0.0.0.0/0 tcp dpt:80 redir
>>> ports 8080
>>> iptables: No chain/target/match by that name
>>
>> Has the sage would say, RTFM. If you had, you would have noticed that
>> you missed an "s" at --to-ports :p
> 
> If that was the problem, the error message would be different.
> Actually the full option name is not required. An iptables option name
> can be shortened if it does not conflict with another. "--to-ports" can
> be shortened to "--to".

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You're right, the "--to-port" argument works fine. I should probably go slap myself for being cocky.