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From: Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org, Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>
Subject: Re: How to programatically atomically write one CHAIN (not table)
Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 16:17:56 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <D2237FDC0E85A86EE664593F@nimrod.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1105051603080.15936@obet.zrqbmnf.qr>



--On 5 May 2011 16:08:53 +0200 Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> wrote:

> do_command alone does not commit the result.
> restore is right in what it does.

Ah OK - have reread the source and now understand. So a pipe to
iptables-restore with "-n" on the command line, and "-F" inside
the chain to replace is the right way to go?

-- 
Alex Bligh

      reply	other threads:[~2011-05-05 15:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-05 12:14 How to programatically atomically write one CHAIN (not table) Alex Bligh
2011-05-05 14:08 ` Jan Engelhardt
2011-05-05 15:17   ` Alex Bligh [this message]

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