Re: An state argument.

On 13.07.2012 09:53, Sthu Deus wrote:
> Good time of the day.
>
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> This does not work for me:
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> /sbin/iptables -I INPUT 4 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 25 -m state NEW -m
> recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 10 -j LOG --log-prefix
> INPUT-EXTRA_SMTP-> --log-level 1
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> giving this error:
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> Bad argument `NEW'
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> According to man, it is correct. Please advice how I can accomplish
> this. OR Is it a bug and should be reported?
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>
> Thanks for Your time.
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>
With -m state you only load the module, you can't specify another
argument there. Try -m state  --state NEW.