Although that solution will make upgrading more difficult without the change being made in-tree (you'll have to rebuild pfctl after each upgrade).
On Dec 3, 2007 1:24 PM, MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/3/2007 at 7:06 PM Henning Brauer wrote: > > |* MikeM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-12-03 14:53]: > |> On 12/3/2007 at 7:32 AM Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > |> |> > Is there a way for me to tell pfctl that I want to see > |> |> > > |> |> > port = 25 > |> |> > > |> |> > instead of > |> |> > > |> |> > port = smtp > |> |> > > |> |> > ? > |> |> > |> |> short of hacking pfctl source, no. > |> |> > |> | > |> |As per your request I have added the "-P" switch to pfctl to > display > |> |numeric port numbers instead of service names for those who desire > the > |> |same. > |> | > |> |Please find attached the diff. > |> | > |> |I have modified the man page as well. > |> | > |> |Now, if you desire numeric ports display you have to use the -P > option > |> |in addition to other options. Everything else works as before. > |> ============= > |> Wow, thank-you! :) > | > |I don't think this is a worthwile addition tho. > ============= > > > It's obviously not my choice, I'm just much more comfortable with using > port numbers instead of protocol names. netbios-dgm means little to > me but 138 does, and correlates with what I see displayed should I > follow the instructions in the pf manual > (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/logging.html#logfile): > > To view the log file: > # tcpdump -n -e -ttt -r /var/log/pflog > > > > Though for consistency with other commands that have an option to > toggle between symbols and numbers (e.g., -n for netstat or tcpdump) it > may be helpful as well. That's the main reason why I originally though > I was overlooking a simple option flag, I couldn't believe this ability > wasn't already present. ;) > > But as I mentioned, it's not my decision. I'll just hack the source > code to get what I need.
