Bug 61044

Summary:

multiport documentation bug

Product:

[Retired] Red Hat Linux

Reporter:

Nigel Metheringham <nigel.metheringham>

Component:

iptables

Assignee:

Harald Hoyer <harald>

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CLOSED RAWHIDE

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Ben Levenson <benl>

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low

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low

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7.2

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2002-08-12 14:29:56 UTC

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iptables man page patch for multiport extension	none

Description Nigel Metheringham 2002-03-12 16:51:02 UTC

Current RH version of iptables - iptables-1.2.4-2 - misdocuments the multiport
extension.  All of the --*port options should actually be --*ports (ie with
and additional s).   If used as documented the error message is strange because
the options given are legal for the tcp/udp module.

Patch attached corrects this part of the man page, and gives --sports as a
synonym for --source-ports as well.

Comment 1 Nigel Metheringham 2002-03-12 16:51:52 UTC

Created attachment 48286 [details]
iptables man page patch for multiport extension

Comment 2 Harald Hoyer 2002-08-12 13:43:53 UTC

huh???
# iptables -m tcp --help
iptables v1.2.6a
....
 --source-port [!] port[:port]
 --sport ...
                                match source port(s)
 --destination-port [!] port[:port]
 --dport ...
                                match destination port(s)


since when is that????

Comment 3 Nigel Metheringham 2002-08-12 14:29:50 UTC

Its for *multiport* as the original bug said.

/sbin/iptables --proto tcp --match multiport --help
[...]
multiport v1.2.5 options:
 --source-ports port[,port,port...]
 --sports ...
				match source port(s)
 --destination-ports port[,port,port...]
 --dports ...
				match destination port(s)
 --ports port[,port,port]
				match both source and destination port(s)

Comment 4 Harald Hoyer 2002-08-12 14:36:00 UTC

seems to be already fixed in 
$ rpm -q iptables
iptables-1.2.6a-1

$ man iptables
...
   multiport
       This  module  matches  a  set of source or destination ports.  Up to 15
       ports can be specified.  It can only be used in conjunction with -p tcp
       or -p udp.

       --source-ports port[,port[,port...]]
              Match  if  the  source port is one of the given ports.  The flag
              --sports is a convenient alias for this option.

       --destination-ports port[,port[,port...]]
              Match if the destination port is one of the  given  ports.   The
              flag --dports is a convenient alias for this option.

       --ports port[,port[,port...]]
              Match  if the both the source and destination ports are equal to
              each other and to one of the given ports.
...