On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 02:27:49PM +0100, Florian Westphal wrote: > Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > Huh? > > > iptables-restore < bla > > > iptables-restore v1.8.8 (nf_tables): unknown option "--bla" > > > Error occurred at line: 7 Try `iptables-restore -h' or 'iptables-restore --help' for more information. > > > > > > ... exits with 2. > > > > > > Can you give an example? > > > > # nft add table ip filter '{ chain FORWARD { \ > > type filter hook forward priority filter; \ > > ip saddr 10.1.2.3 meta cpu 3 counter accept; }; }' > > > > # nft list ruleset > > table ip filter { > > chain FORWARD { > > type filter hook forward priority filter; policy accept; > > ip saddr 10.1.2.3 meta cpu 3 counter packets 0 bytes 0 accept > > } > > } > > > > # iptables-nft -S FORWARD > > -P FORWARD ACCEPT > > -A FORWARD -s 10.1.2.3/32 -j ACCEPT > > # echo $? > > 0 > > Ah. I thought you were talking about iptables-restore/rule parsing. No, my point is that in 'iptables-save | iptables-restore' the first command should fail already if kernel ruleset is unparseable. :) Cheers, Phil