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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2008-11-19 19:01:26 +0100
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2008-11-19 19:01:26 +0100
commit7937e94ed36d2bdb909cc0744fbf229564a55592 (patch)
tree69c02eaca2993cbf28f0e956aaf7c02dba8d8409 /iptables-standalone.c
parent0ec8c0f00b591681076af2db34df0f230b08fa2c (diff)
iptables: refer to dmesg when we hit error
This does not make any better, but at least refer to dmesg which is the common source of information to diagnose kernel-side problems. This is helpful for newbie users. # iptables -I INPUT -j CLUSTERIP iptables: Invalid argument. Run `dmesg' for more information. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'iptables-standalone.c')
-rw-r--r--iptables-standalone.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/iptables-standalone.c b/iptables-standalone.c
index 001bb04b..dbfae5be 100644
--- a/iptables-standalone.c
+++ b/iptables-standalone.c
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
if (!ret) {
- fprintf(stderr, "iptables: %s\n",
+ fprintf(stderr, "iptables: %s. "
+ "Run `dmesg' for more information.\n",
iptc_strerror(errno));
if (errno == EAGAIN) {
exit(RESOURCE_PROBLEM);