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From: "Adam D. Barratt" <netfilter.list@adam-barratt.org.uk>
To: netfilter@lists.samba.org
Subject: Re: Strange misunderstandings
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 22:34:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0bb301c208ea$eebdc9a0$3200a8c0@jungle.funkybadger.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 001301c208d6$f3a956a0$6301a8c0@JJONES1

John Jones asked:

> [root] iptables -h
> ...
>   --check   -C chain            Test this packet on chain
> ...
>
> [root] iptables --check
> iptables v1.2.6a: Unknown arg `--check'
>
> What's up with that?  The help screen shows me it is a command, but
it
> doesn't exist?  Is this an optional kernel compilation thing that is
> missing, or has it been removed from the distro?

It's been removed. It has never been implemented, and never will be.
v1.27 (i.e. current CVS version) no longer contains references to this
option.

hth

Adam



  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-05-31 21:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-05-31 19:11 Strange misunderstandings John Jones
2002-05-31 21:11 ` Sascha Reissner
2002-05-31 21:16   ` John Jones
2002-05-31 22:52     ` Tony Earnshaw
2002-05-31 21:17   ` Hervé Eychenne
2002-05-31 21:34 ` Adam D. Barratt [this message]
2002-06-01  0:08   ` Nick Drage
     [not found] <001b01c208e8$2b289530$6301a8c0@JJONES1>
2002-05-31 21:23 ` Sascha Reissner

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