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| author | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-09 22:12:08 +0000 |
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| committer | trhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-09 22:12:08 +0000 |
| commit | 0142d3db4c6ca6789e9fd9e9c5a0f9a9925f170f (patch) | |
| tree | 6dc6e25acffd798164b7a887f1f3914d1dd3da43 /sbin/ipfw | |
| parent | 9a14ae1f7e5b54aa3a86e1dd21c038923dd893b8 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-0142d3db4c6ca6789e9fd9e9c5a0f9a9925f170f.zip FreeBSD-src-0142d3db4c6ca6789e9fd9e9c5a0f9a9925f170f.tar.gz | |
Add a note about rule syntax compared to the shell used so users do not get
frustraited when:
ipfw add 201 deny ip from any to table(2) in via xl1
returns "Badly placed ( )'s"
PR: 73638
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ipfw')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 index d8c2bc5..391e0a6 100644 --- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 +++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 @@ -2516,3 +2516,7 @@ or similar system calls. Rules which use uid, gid or jail based matching should be used only if debug.mpsafenet=0 to avoid possible deadlocks due to layering violations in its implementation. +.Pp +Rule syntax is subject to the command line environment and some patterns +may need to be escaped with the backslash character +or quoted appropriately. |
