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| author | Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> | 2022-02-08 15:06:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> | 2022-02-11 10:15:37 +0100 |
| commit | b7f15b42d82a6b1b493f07b79cebab4c6e09aa9f (patch) | |
| tree | 6c131ed804b80dad43305b884a0cf3d36fd93808 /iptables/iptables.8.in | |
| parent | 1407a9c45350839073842bcc8c84ce524db3a119 (diff) | |
iptables.8: Describe the effect of multiple -v flags
Functionality differs between legacy and nft variants, detail the
effects a bit.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Diffstat (limited to 'iptables/iptables.8.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | iptables/iptables.8.in | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/iptables/iptables.8.in b/iptables/iptables.8.in index 759ec54f..ccc498f5 100644 --- a/iptables/iptables.8.in +++ b/iptables/iptables.8.in @@ -360,7 +360,11 @@ byte counters are also listed, with the suffix 'K', 'M' or 'G' for the \fB\-x\fP flag to change this). For appending, insertion, deletion and replacement, this causes detailed information on the rule or rules to be printed. \fB\-v\fP may be -specified multiple times to possibly emit more detailed debug statements. +specified multiple times to possibly emit more detailed debug statements: +Specified twice, \fBiptables-legacy\fP will dump table info and entries in +libiptc, \fBiptables-nft\fP dumps rules in netlink (VM code) presentation. +Specified three times, \fBiptables-nft\fP will also dump any netlink messages +sent to kernel. .TP \fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP Show program version and the kernel API used. |