diff --git a/Shorewall-docs2/support.xml b/Shorewall-docs2/support.xml
index 3e76de70c..f95cfb4b5 100644
--- a/Shorewall-docs2/support.xml
+++ b/Shorewall-docs2/support.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
- 2005-05-03
+ 2005-05-14
2001-2005
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@
If your problem is that an error occurs when you try to
- shorewall start
, then please:
+ shorewall start
or if Shorewall is
+ otherwise failing to start properly, then please:
/sbin/shorewall trace start 2> /tmp/trace
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@
- If you are unsure if Shorewall is starting successfully on not
+ If you are unsure if Shorewall is starting successfully or not
then first note that if Shorewall starts successfully, the last
message it produces is "Shorewall Started":
@@ -158,12 +159,12 @@ Counters reset Sat Apr 16 17:35:06 PDT 2005
- If your problem is that some set of connections to/from or through your firewall
- isn't working (examples: local
- systems can't access the internet, you can't send email through the
- firewall, you can't surf the web from the firewall, etc.) then please
- perform the following four steps:
+ If Shorewall is starting successfully and your problem is that
+ some set of connections to/from or
+ through your firewall isn't working
+ (examples: local systems can't access the internet, you can't send
+ email through the firewall, you can't surf the web from the firewall,
+ etc.) then please perform the following four steps:
@@ -188,7 +189,16 @@ Counters reset Sat Apr 16 17:35:06 PDT 2005
Describe where you are trying to make the connection from
- (IP address) and what host you are trying to connect to.
+ (IP address) and what host (IP address) you are trying to connect
+ to.
+
+
+
+ Please do not edit the diagnostic
+ information in an attempt to conceal your IP address,
+ netmask, nameserver addresses, domain name, etc. These aren't
+ secrets, and concealing them often misleads us and may prevent
+ your problem from being looked at all together.
@@ -317,9 +327,10 @@ Counters reset Sat Apr 16 17:35:06 PDT 2005
(expletive deleted) life instead of trying to rid the planet of HTML based
e-mail. Nevertheless, to allow subscribers to receive list posts
as must as possible, I have now configured the list server at
- shorewall.net to convert all HTML to plain text. These converted posts are
- difficult to read so all of us will appreciate it if you just post in
- plain text to begin with.
+ shorewall.net to convert all HTML to plain text. Sometimes the conversion
+ process fails in which case, the post sent to the list is empty. Even when
+ conversion succeeds, the converted post is difficult to read so all of us
+ will appreciate it if you just post in plain text to begin with.