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authorBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2005-07-24 09:46:09 +0000
committerBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2005-07-24 09:46:09 +0000
commit0158123b58273dd0af5a8bce8d883d218379a1d9 (patch)
tree31e407b8ee9ee73f4f1ed9f9d9d20791be153a35 /ebtables.8
parentd3a05a7addb6c9731be7683ee4c732f108ddfacf (diff)
allow -I without rule number
Diffstat (limited to 'ebtables.8')
-rw-r--r--ebtables.810
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ebtables.8 b/ebtables.8
index 44c12e3..a4c0461 100644
--- a/ebtables.8
+++ b/ebtables.8
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ This file can be read later, e.g. with
.BR "" "The " quit " command lets ebtablesd finish gracefully."
All commands, options and extensions that ebtables uses can be used with ebtablesu, except for
.BR --init-table ", " --atomic-file ", " --atomic-commit ", " --atomic-init ", " --atomic-save " and " -h .
+When using ebtablesd, don't use spaces in string arguments
+(like the
+.BR --log-prefix " argument)."
.br
Example usage:
.br
@@ -117,7 +120,6 @@ Example usage:
# echo "ebtablesu commit filter" >> $PIPE
.br
# echo "ebtablesu quit" >> $PIPE
-
.SS CHAINS
There are three ebtables tables with built-in chains in the
Linux kernel. These tables are used to divide functionality into
@@ -268,10 +270,12 @@ First the packet counter is specified, then the byte counter. If the specified c
with a '+', the counter values are added to the respective current counter values.
If the specified counters start with a '-', the counter values are decreased from the respective
current counter values. No bounds checking is done. If the counters don't start with '+' or '-',
-the current counters are changed to the specified counters.
+the current counters are changed to the specified counters. In daemon mode, using '+' or '-' is not
+allowed (due to technical reasons).
.TP
.B "-I, --insert"
-Insert the specified rule into the selected chain at the specified rule number.
+Insert the specified rule into the selected chain at the specified rule number. If the
+rule number is not specified, the rule is added at the head of the chain.
If the current number of rules equals
.IR N ,
then the specified number can be