iptables unknown option INPUT?

Question

I'm trying to run the following command to create a rule in my iptables ubuntu 14.04:

# sudo iptables -A INPUT -udp -m udp --dport 1194 -j ACCEPT

Only problem is everytime I run it. the command line responds

iptables: unknown option "INPUT"...

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I think you meant something like this:

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 1194 -j ACCEPT