Tino Keitel wrote:
Hi, the example scripts for conntrackd (like primary-backup.sh) use a -B option, which seems to be undocumented in the manual page and in the command help. What exactly is it intended for?
It forces a bulk send to other cluster nodes. I have applied the following patch to the manpage.
conntrackd: document `-B' command From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> This patch documents the `-B' command in conntrackd that allows you to force a bulk send to other firewall nodes in the cluster. Reported-by: Tino Keitel <tkeitel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- conntrackd.8 | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/conntrackd.8 b/conntrackd.8 index f741bc9..0c9054e 100644 --- a/conntrackd.8 +++ b/conntrackd.8 @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Flush the internal and/or external cache Flush the kernel conntrack table (if you use a Linux kernel >= 2.6.29, this option will not flush your internal and external cache). .TP +.BI "-B " +Force a bulk send to other replica firewalls. With this command, you will +ask conntrackd to send the state-entries that it owns to others. +.TP .BI "-k " Kill the daemon .TP
