Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:07:02 -0000 From: Tom Jones <thj@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r346274 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <201904161331.x3GDVHbK006938@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: thj Date: Tue Apr 16 13:31:16 2019 New Revision: 346274 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/346274 Log: Update and clarify pflog man page The pflog0 interface is created when the module is loaded, this can be triggered by pf and pflogd being enabled or by kldloading the module. By default the interface would be pflog0, add the ifconfig stage of the example to make this example clearer. Reviewed by: kp, bz, bcr, jtl, 0mp Approved by: jtl (mentor), bz (mentor) Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D19861 Modified: head/share/man/man4/pflog.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/pflog.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/pflog.4 Tue Apr 16 13:26:31 2019 (r346273) +++ head/share/man/man4/pflog.4 Tue Apr 16 13:31:16 2019 (r346274) @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 31, 2007 +.Dd April 9, 2019 .Dt PFLOG 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -47,13 +47,18 @@ on the interface, or stored to disk using .Xr pflogd 8 . .Pp -The pflog0 interface is created automatically at boot if both +The pflog0 interface is created when the +.Nm +module is loaded; +further instances can be created using +.Xr ifconfig 8 . +The +.Nm +module is loaded automatically if both .Xr pf 4 and .Xr pflogd 8 -are enabled; -further instances can be created using -.Xr ifconfig 8 . +are enabled. .Pp Each packet retrieved on this interface has a header associated with it of length @@ -87,6 +92,8 @@ Create a interface and monitor all packets logged on it: .Bd -literal -offset indent +# ifconfig pflog create +pflog1 # ifconfig pflog1 up # tcpdump -n -e -ttt -i pflog1 .Ed
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