[Linux-disciples] What does this mean? (fwd) (fwd)

[Karl Sokol]

karl at ubuntu:~$ lsmod |grep ipt_state
ipt_state 2048 0
ip_conntrack 43668 3 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ipt_state
ip_tables 17408 9 
ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ipt_limit,iptable_mangle,ipt_LOG,ipt_TOS,ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter
karl at ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe -r ip_tables
FATAL: Module ip_tables is in use.
karl at ubuntu:~$ lsmod |grep ip_tables
ip_tables 17408 9 
ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ipt_limit,iptable_mangle,ipt_LOG,ipt_TOS,ipt_REJECT,ipt_state,iptable_filter



On 7/7/05, Adam Rosi-Kessel <adam at rosi-kessel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 04:05:19PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 02:57:19PM -0500, Karl Sokol wrote:
> > > FATAL: Module ip_conntrack is in use.
> > > karl at ubuntu:~$ lsmod |grep ip_conntrack
> > > ip_conntrack 43668 1 ipt_state
> > > karl at ubuntu:~$ sudo modprobe -r ipt_state
> > > FATAL: Module ipt_state is in use.
> >
> > So look at who's using ipt_state:
> >
> > lsmod |grep ipt_state
> >
> > If they look like modules that you can remove, remove them
> > with 'modprobe -r'.
> >
> > I wish I could tell you which modules are safe to remove and
> > which aren't, but I don't know that offhand.
> 
> Sometimes a module will be held by a program, rather than another module.
> For example, you can't remove sound modules while a sound daemon is
> running, but you won't be able to figure that out from lsmod.
> --
> Adam Rosi-Kessel
> http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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Grace and Peace,
Karl Sokol

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