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authorBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2002-08-01 15:30:15 +0000
committerBart De Schuymer <bdschuym@pandora.be>2002-08-01 15:30:15 +0000
commit63e2c70cbfe43771481336a5f16cd6b8e42314c7 (patch)
treebaff1a8b755f870ae08315f22f5945c621bb5961 /ebtables.8
parent06b4fd21d6ac5f8cd03862d9a9e8f259683431e2 (diff)
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
.\"
.\"
.SH NAME
-ebtables (v.2.0) \- Ethernet bridge packet table administration
+ebtables (v.2.0) \- Ethernet bridge frame table administration
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR "ebtables -[ADI] " "chain rule-specification " [ options ]
.br
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ Set the policy for the chain to the given target. The policy is either
.BR DROP .
.TP
.B "-N, --new-chain"
-Create a new user-defined chain by the given name.
+Create a new user-defined chain by the given name. The number of
+user-defined chains is unlimited. A chain name has max length of 31.
.TP
.B "-X, --delete-chain"
Delete the specified user-defined chain. There must be no references to the
@@ -343,8 +344,10 @@ The target of the rule. This is one of the following values:
.BR ACCEPT ,
.BR DROP ,
.BR CONTINUE ,
-or a target extension, see
-.BR "TARGET EXTENSIONS" .
+.BR RETURN ,
+a target extension (see
+.BR "TARGET EXTENSIONS" ")"
+or a user defined chain name.
.TP
.B --atomic file
Let the command operate on the specified file. The data of the table to