IPTABLES-SAVE(8) iptables 1.8.10 IPTABLES-SAVE(8)
NAME
iptables-save — dump iptables rules
ip6tables-save — dump iptables rules
SYNOPSIS
iptables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table] [-f filename]
ip6tables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table] [-f filename]
DESCRIPTION
iptables-save and ip6tables-save are used to dump the contents of IP or
IPv6 Table in easily parseable format either to STDOUT or to a speci-
fied file.
-M, --modprobe modprobe
Specify the path to the modprobe(8) program. By default, ipta-
bles-save will inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine
the executable's path.
-f, --file filename
Specify a filename to log the output to. If not specified, ipta-
bles-save will log to STDOUT.
-c, --counters
Include the current values of all packet and byte counters in
the output.
-t, --table tablename
Restrict output to only one table. If the kernel is configured
with automatic module loading, an attempt will be made to load
the appropriate module for that table if it is not already
there.
If not specified, output includes all available tables. No mod-
ule loading takes place, so in order to include a specific table
in the output, the respective module (something like ipt-
able_mangle or ip6table_raw) must be loaded first.
BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
AUTHORS
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-save.
SEE ALSO
iptables-apply(8), iptables-restore(8), iptables(8)
The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO,
which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the
internals.
iptables 1.8.10 IPTABLES-SAVE(8)
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