Troubleshooting guide

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Chapter 2: Troubleshooting Tools
In This Chapter:
fwinfo...................................................................................................................................................................6
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................6
How to create fwinfo.........................................................................................................................................6
How to use the fwinfo output file.......................................................................................................................7
Sanity check..................................................................................................................................................7
Extracting information from fwinfo.uue (UNIX only) .........................................................................................7
VPN-1/FireWall-1 Control Commands..............................................................................................................8
fw ctl..................................................................................................................................................................8
Syntax ...........................................................................................................................................................8
Explanation ...................................................................................................................................................8
fw ctl pstat.........................................................................................................................................................9
fw ctl debug.....................................................................................................................................................10
Syntax .........................................................................................................................................................10
The available fw ctl debug commands........................................................................................................10
FireWall-1 Monitor Command .........................................................................................................................16
Syntax.............................................................................................................................................................16
Options ...........................................................................................................................................................17
Examples........................................................................................................................................................17
Files ................................................................................................................................................................18
Notes ..............................................................................................................................................................18
Debugging with INSPECT................................................................................................................................19
Changing the log format .................................................................................................................................19
Using the debug command.............................................................................................................................20
More Information..............................................................................................................................................20