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author | Ian Bruce <ian_bruce@fastmail.net> | 2009-06-06 06:04:24 +0200 |
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committer | Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> | 2009-06-08 23:39:24 +0200 |
commit | ae737f0070c9aaccb722ba342b12043fb124d9e2 (patch) | |
tree | 4a4433b189f4eb454625fb93665a0ff2ec91d2b6 | |
parent | 156f58692bbe9e509b32670f93582bead785c926 (diff) |
libxt_tcp: manpage corrections and suggestions
From: Ian Bruce <ian_bruce@fastmail.net>
The commit corrects some minor errors in the iptables(8) man page,
related to port ranges in the "tcp" module.
Reference: http://bugs.debian.org/531677
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
-rw-r--r-- | extensions/libxt_tcp.man | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_tcp.man b/extensions/libxt_tcp.man index 0a99cdf7..7a16118b 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_tcp.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_tcp.man @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ provides the following options: [\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-source\-port\fP,\fB\-\-sport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP] Source port or port range specification. This can either be a service name or a port number. An inclusive range can also be specified, -using the format \fIport\fP\fB:\fP\fIport\fP. +using the format \fIfirst\fP\fB:\fP\fIlast\fP. If the first port is omitted, "0" is assumed; if the last is omitted, "65535" is assumed. -If the second port is greater than the first they will be swapped. +If the first port is greater than the second one they will be swapped. The flag \fB\-\-sport\fP is a convenient alias for this option. |