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authorPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2021-05-27 23:32:14 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2021-05-28 14:38:30 +0200
commitcd5135377ac42896a99226d182c49bf220f44ab5 (patch)
treec94e58945dd246578c856d5192c6031f23c86a9d /doc
parentb55717d46ae3b7c3769192a66e565bc7c2d833a1 (diff)
conntrackd: cthelper: Set up userspace helpers when daemon starts
Add a new setting to allow conntrackd to autoconfigure the userspace helpers at startup. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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-rw-r--r--doc/helper/conntrackd.conf14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/helper/conntrackd.conf b/doc/helper/conntrackd.conf
index 6ffe008..cbcb284 100644
--- a/doc/helper/conntrackd.conf
+++ b/doc/helper/conntrackd.conf
@@ -3,11 +3,21 @@
#
Helper {
- # Before this, you have to make sure you have registered the `ftp'
- # user-space helper stub via:
+ #
+ # Set up the userspace helpers when the daemon is started. If unset,
+ # you have manually set up the user-space helper stub, e.g.
#
# nfct add helper ftp inet tcp
#
+ # This new setting simplifies new deployment, so it is recommended to
+ # turn it on. On existing deployments, make sure to remove the nfct
+ # command invocation since it is not required anymore.
+ #
+ # Default: no (for backward compatibility reasons)
+ # Recommended: yes
+ #
+ Setup yes
+
Type ftp inet tcp {
#
# Set NFQUEUE number you want to use to receive traffic from