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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2009-03-24 13:08:24 +0100
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2009-03-24 13:08:24 +0100
commit6e70f46f2a146bb7c657f71724c999147a5925dc (patch)
treedb9bc0bd0b86d9954ed1000b4545013af02df853
parentca6ccdb172b1846152dea421c215122759b84d29 (diff)
iptables: refer to dmesg if we hit EINVALv1.4.3.1
With this patch, iptables refers to dmesg for further troubleshooting if we hit EINVAL. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
-rw-r--r--ip6tables-standalone.c14
-rw-r--r--iptables-standalone.c11
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/ip6tables-standalone.c b/ip6tables-standalone.c
index c0ca6459..649ac3d8 100644
--- a/ip6tables-standalone.c
+++ b/ip6tables-standalone.c
@@ -68,10 +68,16 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
ip6tc_free(handle);
}
- if (!ret)
- fprintf(stderr, "ip6tables: %s. "
- "Run `dmesg' for more information.\n",
- ip6tc_strerror(errno));
+ if (!ret) {
+ if (errno == EINVAL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "ip6tables: %s. "
+ "Run `dmesg' for more information.\n",
+ ip6tc_strerror(errno));
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "ip6tables: %s.\n",
+ ip6tc_strerror(errno));
+ }
+ }
exit(!ret);
}
diff --git a/iptables-standalone.c b/iptables-standalone.c
index 208f71d7..91853884 100644
--- a/iptables-standalone.c
+++ b/iptables-standalone.c
@@ -69,9 +69,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
if (!ret) {
- fprintf(stderr, "iptables: %s. "
- "Run `dmesg' for more information.\n",
- iptc_strerror(errno));
+ if (errno == EINVAL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "iptables: %s. "
+ "Run `dmesg' for more information.\n",
+ iptc_strerror(errno));
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "iptables: %s.\n",
+ iptc_strerror(errno));
+ }
if (errno == EAGAIN) {
exit(RESOURCE_PROBLEM);
}