On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:25:15AM +0200, Vieri Di Paola wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to see the TRACE log by issuing the following commands: > > /sbin/iptables -t raw -A PREROUTING --destination 10.215.237.237 -j TRACE > /sbin/iptables -t raw -A OUTPUT --destination 10.215.237.237 -j TRACE > > After ping'ing 10.215.237.237, I'd like to know where to look for the > TRACE messages. > I've looked in /var/log/messages (and other system logs) and > /proc/kmsg but no sign of them. > > What can I try? > > Kernel has support for TRACE (CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE=m). > > # lsmod | grep -i trace > xt_TRACE 551 0 > x_tables 8695 52 > xt_physdev,xt_pkttype,xt_statistic,xt_DSCP,xt_dscp,xt_iprange,xt_mark,xt_time,xt_CT,xt_helper,xt_length,xt_comment,xt_policy,xt_CHECKSUM,xt_recent,ip_tables,xt_socket,xt_tcpmss,xt_tcpudp,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_LOGMARK,xt_condition,xt_NFQUEUE,xt_NFLOG,xt_TRACE,xt_iface,xt_ipp2p,xt_limit,xt_owner,xt_realm,xt_ACCOUNT,ipt_rpfilter,xt_connlimit,xt_conntrack,xt_IPMARK,xt_LOG,xt_mac,xt_nat,xt_set,xt_hashlimit,xt_multiport,iptable_filter,xt_CLASSIFY,xt_TARPIT,xt_TCPMSS,xt_TPROXY,xt_connmark,ipt_REJECT,xt_REDIRECT,iptable_mangle,xt_addrtype,iptable_raw > > I'm using syslog-ng.but I've also tried metalog: still no TRACE messages. > > So I guess the logger isn't to blame and there's something wrong with > my kernel or netfilter installation. > > # uname -a > Linux fw3 4.1.4-hardened #1 SMP Thu Aug 13 15:49:17 CEST 2015 i686 > Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux > > # iptables --version > iptables v1.4.21 > > Do you need more info? > > What can I try? What does cat /proc/net/netfilter/nf_log say? If it looks like this, then you have no logger registered into the nf_log framework: 0 NONE () 1 NONE () 2 NONE () 3 NONE () 4 NONE () 5 NONE () 6 NONE () 7 NONE () 8 NONE () 9 NONE () 10 NONE () 11 NONE () 12 NONE () -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html