From e61505f6de9ff2e464a7a1ef149c9db30dabdec0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bart De Schuymer Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:41:01 +0000 Subject: remove ebtablesu stuff --- ebtables.8 | 60 +----------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 59 deletions(-) (limited to 'ebtables.8') diff --git a/ebtables.8 b/ebtables.8 index cd555dc..1d174ab 100644 --- a/ebtables.8 +++ b/ebtables.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" .SH NAME -ebtables (v.2.0.7), ebtablesd, ebtablesu \- Ethernet bridge frame table administration +ebtables (v.2.0.7) \- Ethernet bridge frame table administration .SH SYNOPSIS .BR "ebtables " [ -t " table ] " - [ ACDI "] chain rule specification [match extensions] [watcher extensions] target" .br @@ -50,18 +50,6 @@ ebtables (v.2.0.7), ebtablesd, ebtablesu \- Ethernet bridge frame table administ .br .BR "ebtables " [ -t " table ] [" --atomic-file " file] " --atomic-save .br -.BR "ebtablesu open " table -.br -.BR "ebtablesu fopen " "table file" -.br -.BR "ebtablesu free " table -.br -.BR "ebtablesu commit " table -.br -.BR "ebtablesu fcommit " "table file" -.br -.B ebtablesu quit -.br .SH DESCRIPTION .B ebtables is an application program used to set up and maintain the @@ -71,52 +59,6 @@ It is analogous to the .B iptables application, but less complicated, due to the fact that the Ethernet protocol is much simpler than the IP protocol. -.br -.BR ebtablesu " and " ebtablesd " can be used to speed up adding rules using a script when the" -.B --atomic-commit -option is not satisfactory. The -.BR open " command makes ebtablesd open the specified kernel table for processing" -.BR "" "in userspace (multiple tables can be open in the same time). The " fopen -command opens the table from the specified file. -.BR "" "The " free " command removes the specified table out of the memory of ebtablesd." -No data is written to a file or to the kernel. -.BR "" "The " commit " command stores the table from the memory of ebtablesd to the kernel." -.BR "" "The " fcommit " command stores the table from the memory of ebtablesd to the specified file." -This file can be read later, e.g. with -.BR "ebtables --atomic-file " file " -L" . -.BR "" "The " quit " command lets ebtablesd finish gracefully." -All commands, options and extensions that ebtables uses can be used with ebtablesu, except for -.BR --init-table ", " --atomic-file ", " --atomic-commit ", " --atomic-init ", " --atomic-save " and " -h . -.br -Example usage: -.br -# ebtablesd& -.br -# ebtablesu open filter -.br -# ebtablesu -A FORWARD -j DROP -.br -# ebtablesu commit filter -.br -# ebtablesu quit -.br -Alternatively, the commands can be echo'ed directly to the pipe used by ebtablesd, -which has default location /tmp/ebtables-vx.y.z/ebtablesd_pipe, where -x.y.z is the ebtables version (e.g. 2.0.7). Using echo instead of ebtablesu is -much faster because echo is a bash built-in command. Commands like cat can be used -too, of course. -.br -Example usage: -.br -# (./ebtablesd&) ; PIPE=/tmp/ebtables-v2.0.7/ebtablesd_pipe ; sleep 1 -.br -# echo "ebtablesu open filter" >> $PIPE -.br -# echo "ebtablesu -A FORWARD -j DROP" >> $PIPE -.br -# echo "ebtablesu commit filter" >> $PIPE -.br -# echo "ebtablesu quit" >> $PIPE .SS CHAINS There are three ebtables tables with built-in chains in the Linux kernel. These tables are used to divide functionality into -- cgit v1.2.3