From c51f0cb0b4889f063a225b163032c005c0d35f5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teastep <teastep@fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb>
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 19:48:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Broaden the response to FAQ 16

git-svn-id: https://shorewall.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/shorewall/trunk@7075 fbd18981-670d-0410-9b5c-8dc0c1a9a2bb
---
 docs/FAQ.xml | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/FAQ.xml b/docs/FAQ.xml
index c82e1cab4..103420a39 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ.xml
+++ b/docs/FAQ.xml
@@ -1029,6 +1029,15 @@ DROP      net       fw      udp      10619</programlisting>
 
       <para><emphasis role="bold">Answer:</emphasis></para>
 
+      <para>Just to be clear, it is not Shorewall that is writing all over
+      your console. Shorewall issues a single log message during each
+      <command>start</command>, <command>restart</command>,
+      <command>stop</command>, etc. It is rather the klogd daemon that is
+      writing messages to your console. Shorewall itself has no control over
+      where a particular class of messages are written. See the <ulink
+      url="shorewall_logging.html">Shorewall logging
+      documentation</ulink>.</para>
+
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
           <para>Find where klogd is being started (it will be from one of the
@@ -1036,7 +1045,7 @@ DROP      net       fw      udp      10619</programlisting>
           the appropriate configuration file so that klogd is started with
           <quote>-c <emphasis>&lt;n&gt;</emphasis> </quote> where
           <emphasis>&lt;n&gt;</emphasis> is a log level of 5 or less;
-          or</para>
+          and/or</para>
         </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
@@ -1046,6 +1055,14 @@ DROP      net       fw      udp      10619</programlisting>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
 
+      <warning>
+        <para>The hints below are just that; they have been known to work with
+        at least one release in the past but are not guaranteed to continue to
+        work with all releases of a particular distribution. As described
+        above, you may have to hunt around in your distribution's init scripts
+        in order to find the correct solution.</para>
+      </warning>
+
       <tip>
         <para>Under RedHat and Mandriva, the max <ulink
         url="shorewall_logging.html">log level</ulink> that is sent to the