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author | Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> | 2019-03-26 19:03:43 +0100 |
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committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2019-04-03 19:53:56 +0200 |
commit | 3390007a11cbc45de1522f99ae751a3c5d55dd6f (patch) | |
tree | a85c92ce3058e83d4f0398f7cd671aa2670f9976 /iptables/iptables-save.8.in | |
parent | 68ebc73ece3a9c4aad5045b7742662ece6989cf1 (diff) |
man: iptables-save: Add note about module autoloading
Using '-t' parameter in iptables-save might lead to kernel module
loading, just like with iptables itself. Copy the hint from iptables.8
to inform users.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'iptables/iptables-save.8.in')
-rw-r--r-- | iptables/iptables-save.8.in | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in index 51e11f3e..29ef2829 100644 --- a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in +++ b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in @@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ will log to STDOUT. include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output .TP \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-table\fR \fItablename\fP -restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all -available tables. +restrict output to only one table. If the kernel is configured with automatic +module loading, an attempt will be made to load the appropriate module for +that table if it is not already there. +.br +If not specified, output includes all available tables. .SH BUGS None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release .SH AUTHORS |