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Diffstat (limited to 'extensions/libxt_TRACE.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | extensions/libxt_TRACE.man | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_TRACE.man b/extensions/libxt_TRACE.man index d28c3a0c..ea0ce0fa 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_TRACE.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_TRACE.man @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ This target marks packes so that the kernel will log every rule which match -the packets as those traverse the tables, chains, rules. (The ipt_LOG or -ip6t_LOG module -is required for the logging.) The packets are logged with the string prefix: +the packets as those traverse the tables, chains, rules. +.PP +A logging backend, such as ip(6)t_LOG or nfnetlink_log, must be loaded for this +to be visible. +The packets are logged with the string prefix: "TRACE: tablename:chainname:type:rulenum " where type can be "rule" for plain rule, "return" for implicit rule at the end of a user defined chain and "policy" for the policy of the built in chains. |