iptables: refer to dmesg when we hit error
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1 /*
2 * Author: Paul.Russell@rustcorp.com.au and mneuling@radlogic.com.au
4 * Based on the ipchains code by Paul Russell and Michael Neuling
6 * (C) 2000-2002 by the netfilter coreteam <coreteam@netfilter.org>:
7 * Paul 'Rusty' Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
8 * Marc Boucher <marc+nf@mbsi.ca>
9 * James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
10 * Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
11 * Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
13 * iptables -- IP firewall administration for kernels with
14 * firewall table (aimed for the 2.3 kernels)
16 * See the accompanying manual page iptables(8) for information
17 * about proper usage of this program.
19 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
20 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
21 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
22 * (at your option) any later version.
24 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
25 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
26 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
27 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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31 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
34 #include <stdio.h>
35 #include <stdlib.h>
36 #include <errno.h>
37 #include <string.h>
38 #include <iptables.h>
39 #include "iptables-multi.h"
41 #ifdef IPTABLES_MULTI
42 int
43 iptables_main(int argc, char *argv[])
44 #else
45 int
46 main(int argc, char *argv[])
47 #endif
49 int ret;
50 char *table = "filter";
51 struct iptc_handle *handle = NULL;
53 program_name = "iptables";
54 program_version = XTABLES_VERSION;
56 lib_dir = getenv("XTABLES_LIBDIR");
57 if (lib_dir == NULL) {
58 lib_dir = getenv("IPTABLES_LIB_DIR");
59 if (lib_dir != NULL)
60 fprintf(stderr, "IPTABLES_LIB_DIR is deprecated\n");
62 if (lib_dir == NULL)
63 lib_dir = XTABLES_LIBDIR;
65 #ifdef NO_SHARED_LIBS
66 init_extensions();
67 #endif
69 ret = do_command(argc, argv, &table, &handle);
70 if (ret) {
71 ret = iptc_commit(handle);
72 iptc_free(handle);
75 if (!ret) {
76 fprintf(stderr, "iptables: %s. "
77 "Run `dmesg' for more information.\n",
78 iptc_strerror(errno));
79 if (errno == EAGAIN) {
80 exit(RESOURCE_PROBLEM);
84 exit(!ret);