iptables: how to list tables?

-L only lists the chains in a given table. Others besides filter, nat and
mangle can be loaded from modules or, I suppose, compiled in. So how do I
list all the currently loaded/compiled in tables?

(IMHO it's odd that -L doesn't list all the chains on all the tables by
default, or at least provide an option to do so. Or maybe I'm just missing
it?)

timeOday <timeOdayUN-(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>-L only lists the chains in a given table. Others besides filter, nat and
>mangle can be loaded from modules or, I suppose, compiled in. So how do I
>list all the currently loaded/compiled in tables?

Hmm.. I find this curious; I've never seen a reference to another table
than one of these three. Do you have an example?

>(IMHO it's odd that -L doesn't list all the chains on all the tables by
>default, or at least provide an option to do so. Or maybe I'm just missing
>it?)

At least to me the functionality of the three tables are different enough
that I don't see a need to see them in a single listing. And if I need
that, I can always do "iptables-save" and look at the save file.
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Juha Laiho wrote:

> timeOday <timeOdayUN-(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>>-L only lists the chains in a given table. Others besides filter, nat and
>>mangle can be loaded from modules or, I suppose, compiled in. So how do I
>>list all the currently loaded/compiled in tables?
>
> Hmm.. I find this curious; I've never seen a reference to another table
> than one of these three. Do you have an example?
>
>>(IMHO it's odd that -L doesn't list all the chains on all the tables by
>>default, or at least provide an option to do so. Or maybe I'm just
>>missing it?)
>
> At least to me the functionality of the three tables are different enough
> that I don't see a need to see them in a single listing. And if I need
> that, I can always do "iptables-save" and look at the save file.

iptables-save is great idea.

From reading the documentation I had the idea that tables could be created
willy-nilly by loading modules.. I assmed (incorrectly) that there were a
bunch of different table modules available.

I am really liking iptables over ipchains and ipmasqadm so far! Obviously
I'm behind the curve but I tend to leave this sort of thing alone so long
as it's working.

timeOday <timeOdayUN-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> -L only lists the chains in a given table. Others besides filter, nat
> and mangle can be loaded from modules or, I suppose, compiled in. So
> how do I list all the currently loaded/compiled in tables?

cat /proc/net/ip_table_names

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Kenneth Porter wrote:

> timeOday <timeOdayUN-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:q9SdncGgwYy89-eiU-(E-Mail Removed):
>
>> -L only lists the chains in a given table. Others besides filter, nat
>> and mangle can be loaded from modules or, I suppose, compiled in. So
>> how do I list all the currently loaded/compiled in tables?
>
> cat /proc/net/ip_table_names
>

Excellent, thanks!

In article <q9SdncGgwYy89-eiU-(E-Mail Removed)>, timeOday wrote:
> -L only lists the chains in a given table. Others besides filter, nat and
> mangle can be loaded from modules or, I suppose, compiled in. So how do I
> list all the currently loaded/compiled in tables?

Well, for modules, how about "lsmod | grep iptables"?

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