From 1cc7aa7d966308c3059cb877bcb260562c048c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Rhodes Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:12:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about rule syntax compared to the shell used so users do not get frustraited when: ipfw add 201 deny ip from any to table(2) in via xl1 returns "Badly placed ( )'s" PR: 73638 --- sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 index d8c2bc5709ef..391e0a65c2d7 100644 --- a/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 +++ b/sbin/ipfw/ipfw.8 @@ -2516,3 +2516,7 @@ or similar system calls. Rules which use uid, gid or jail based matching should be used only if debug.mpsafenet=0 to avoid possible deadlocks due to layering violations in its implementation. +.Pp +Rule syntax is subject to the command line environment and some patterns +may need to be escaped with the backslash character +or quoted appropriately.