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Diffstat (limited to 'communication.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | communication.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/communication.c b/communication.c index 02aff3f..54bdf01 100644 --- a/communication.c +++ b/communication.c @@ -172,8 +172,9 @@ void deliver_table(struct ebt_u_replace *u_repl) // give the data to the kernel optlen = sizeof(struct ebt_replace) + repl->entries_size; if (setsockopt(sockfd, IPPROTO_IP, EBT_SO_SET_ENTRIES, repl, optlen)) - print_error("Couldn't update kernel chains, you probably need " - "to insmod an extension"); + print_error("The kernel doesn't support a certain ebtables" + " extension, consider recompiling your kernel or insmod" + " the extension"); } // gets executed after deliver_table @@ -379,9 +380,9 @@ void get_table(struct ebt_u_replace *u_repl) optlen = sizeof(struct ebt_replace); strcpy(repl.name, u_repl->name); if (getsockopt(sockfd, IPPROTO_IP, EBT_SO_GET_INFO, &repl, &optlen)) - print_error("A kernel module needed by your command is probably" - " not loaded. Try insmod ebtables or" - " insmod ebtable_%s", repl.name); + print_error("The %s table is not supported by the kernel," + " consider recompiling your kernel or try insmod ebt_%s", + repl.name, repl.name); if ( !(repl.entries = (char *) malloc(repl.entries_size)) ) print_memory(); |