From 9458313e017eaa0f8daccff57df24da01f5b6fb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Sutter Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 01:55:08 +0200 Subject: man: iptables-save.8: Clarify 'available tables' This appears to be confusing. Since a missing table is also not flushed ("restored") when feeding the dump into iptables-restore, such a restore call may be considered incomplete. Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter --- iptables/iptables-save.8.in | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in index 25390771..7f849073 100644 --- a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in +++ b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in @@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ 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. +If not specified, output includes all available tables. No module loading takes +place, so in order to include a specific table in the output, the respective +module (something like \fBiptable_mangle\fP or \fBip6table_raw\fP) must be +loaded first. .SH BUGS None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release .SH AUTHORS -- cgit v1.2.3