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From: James Feeney <james@nurealm.net>
Subject: reject statement - "crazy" parse error?
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 19:30:28 -0600
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Arch Linux
linux 4.8.4-1

nftables-git 0.6.r96.gbb636b8-1
libnftnl-git 1.0.6.r68.gc26951e-1


/etc/nftables.conf

flush ruleset
define if_WAN = enp3s0

table ip private {
 chain postroute {
  type filter hook postrouting priority 0;
    oifname $if_WAN ip daddr 192.168.0.0/16 reject
 }
}

$ sudo nft -f /etc/nftables.conf
/etc/nftables.conf:4:1-2: Error: Could not process rule: No such file or directory
table ip private {
^^

I'm guessing that that error message is wildly off-base.

Or is "reject" not a proper "terminal statement"?

Or is there something wrong with the syntax?