On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oliver Ford <ojford@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Filter a beginning '--t'. Because the getopt_long function allows abbreviations,
>> any parameter beginning with '--t' will be treated as '--table'.
>
> No, thats not correct:
> --t is treated as --table.
> --tfoo is an invalid option.
> --ttl is ttl.
>
> So this:
>
>> + || !strncmp(param_buffer, "--t", 3)) {
>> xtables_error(PARAMETER_PROBLEM,
>> + "The -t option (seen in line %u) cannot be "
>> + "used in ip6tables-restore.\n", line);
>
> .. rejects rules like
>
> -A INPUT -m ttl --ttl 32
Would strncmp(param_buffer, "--ta", 4) work? I don't think there are
any options that begin with --ta other than --table.
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