Error with ip6tables 'can't initialize ip6tables table `filter': Address family not supported by protocol'
Issue
- The following error is displayed when doing anything with
ip6tables:
# ip6tables -L
ip6tables v1.3.5: can't initialize ip6tables table `filter': Address family not supported by protocol
Perhaps ip6tables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.
# ip6tables --version
ip6tables v1.3.5
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
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