| Message ID | 1378503960-16261-1-git-send-email-ljlane@debian.org |
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| State | Accepted |
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On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 05:46:00PM -0400, Laurence J. Lane wrote: > Fedora, ArchLinux, Ubuntu, and Debian, at the least, use > alternative syslog daemons by default these days. Let's make > the syslog reference generic. > > Reference: http://bugs.debian.org/567564 OK, let's put this in the tree, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_LOG.man b/extensions/libxt_LOG.man index 6d3a83a..354edf4 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_LOG.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_LOG.man @@ -1,10 +1,8 @@ Turn on kernel logging of matching packets. When this option is set for a rule, the Linux kernel will print some information on all matching packets (like most IP/IPv6 header fields) via the kernel log -(where it can be read with -.I dmesg -or -.IR syslogd (8)). +(where it can be read with \fIdmesg(1)\fP or read in the syslog). +.PP This is a "non-terminating target", i.e. rule traversal continues at the next rule. So if you want to LOG the packets you refuse, use two separate rules with the same matching criteria, first using target LOG
Fedora, ArchLinux, Ubuntu, and Debian, at the least, use alternative syslog daemons by default these days. Let's make the syslog reference generic. Reference: http://bugs.debian.org/567564 Signed-off-by: Laurence J. Lane <ljlane@debian.org> --- extensions/libxt_LOG.man | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)