From 5124e7f7f7095ff11acf8125ad46cc7aa3593495 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: teastep Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:25:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add FAQ 16a git-svn-id: https://shorewall.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/shorewall/trunk@5153 fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb --- docs/FAQ.xml | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/FAQ.xml b/docs/FAQ.xml index 92e7aa5ef..10c25aa45 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.xml +++ b/docs/FAQ.xml @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ DNAT net:<address> loc:<local IP addr blocking SYN,ACK responses. This technique allows your ISP to detect when you are running a server (in violation of your service agreement) and to stop connections to that server from being - established. + established. @@ -1012,6 +1012,18 @@ DROP net fw udp 10619 /etc/sysconfig/syslog to suppress info (log level 6) messages on the console. + +
+ (FAQ 16a) Why can't I see any Shorewall messages in + /var/log/messages? + + Answer: The actual log file + name will likely not be well standardized, but anytime you see no + logging, it's time to look outside the Shorewall configuration for the + cause. As an example, recent SuSE releases use + syslog-ng by default and write Shorewall messages to + /var/log/firewall. +