From 7937e94ed36d2bdb909cc0744fbf229564a55592 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:01:26 +0100 Subject: 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 --- ip6tables-standalone.c | 3 ++- iptables-standalone.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ip6tables-standalone.c b/ip6tables-standalone.c index ba30f0e6..11c7cb0a 100644 --- a/ip6tables-standalone.c +++ b/ip6tables-standalone.c @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) } if (!ret) - fprintf(stderr, "ip6tables: %s\n", + fprintf(stderr, "ip6tables: %s. " + "Run `dmesg' for more information.\n", ip6tc_strerror(errno)); exit(!ret); 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); -- cgit v1.2.3