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Diffstat (limited to 'extensions/libxt_TRACE.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | extensions/libxt_TRACE.man | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_TRACE.man b/extensions/libxt_TRACE.man index d28c3a0..8d590a5 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: +This target marks packets so that the kernel will log every rule which match +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. |