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| author | /C=DE/ST=Berlin/L=Berlin/O=Netfilter Project/OU=Development/CN=laforge/emailAddress=laforge@netfilter.org </C=DE/ST=Berlin/L=Berlin/O=Netfilter Project/OU=Development/CN=laforge/emailAddress=laforge@netfilter.org> | 2005-11-22 22:22:28 +0000 |
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| committer | /C=DE/ST=Berlin/L=Berlin/O=Netfilter Project/OU=Development/CN=laforge/emailAddress=laforge@netfilter.org </C=DE/ST=Berlin/L=Berlin/O=Netfilter Project/OU=Development/CN=laforge/emailAddress=laforge@netfilter.org> | 2005-11-22 22:22:28 +0000 |
| commit | def71f9f3d02dbccb0fa7a9bc838fa47ea0792fc (patch) | |
| tree | 2c4554e7dfa5eb3f6a2df5097f78e22e0c555442 /iptables.8.in | |
| parent | 279e8aef344add086931b384c129245a81dddea3 (diff) | |
note that we can only delete chains that are empty
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| -rw-r--r-- | iptables.8.in | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/iptables.8.in b/iptables.8.in index 0288c17..66800a5 100644 --- a/iptables.8.in +++ b/iptables.8.in @@ -222,9 +222,10 @@ target of that name already. .TP .BR "-X, --delete-chain " "[\fIchain\fP]" Delete the optional user-defined chain specified. There must be no references -to the chain. If there are, you must delete or replace the referring -rules before the chain can be deleted. If no argument is given, it -will attempt to delete every non-builtin chain in the table. +to the chain. If there are, you must delete or replace the referring rules +before the chain can be deleted. The chain must be empty, i.e. not contain +any rules. If no argument is given, it will attempt to delete every +non-builtin chain in the table. .TP .BI "-P, --policy " "chain target" Set the policy for the chain to the given target. See the section |