From 887f58666af9ccde7051169aa9d6160d7e09ec46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:13:03 +0100 Subject: doc: mention other possible nf_loggers for TRACE Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt --- extensions/libxt_TRACE.man | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'extensions/libxt_TRACE.man') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3