X-Git-Url: http://developer.intra2net.com/git/?p=ipt_ACCOUNT;a=blobdiff_plain;f=linux%2FDocumentation%2FConfigure.help.ladd;h=8d57f8b9f8820d31da213e5570ecaced5ba06422;hp=f6630794d85fe2832c30d6a3c63a6407bd4777f4;hb=547561148f04750c5c23fcb87e2c457850c2b479;hpb=b03f465711e0c5c6eb309dde2067153c301e1220 diff --git a/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.ladd b/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.ladd index f663079..8d57f8b 100644 --- a/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.ladd +++ b/linux/Documentation/Configure.help.ladd @@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_ACCOUNT The ACCOUNT target is a high performance accounting system for local networks. It takes two parameters: --addr network/netmask and --tname NAME. - --addr is the subnet we want accounting for + --addr is the subnet which is accounted for --tname is the table name where the information is stored - The data can later be queried using the libipt_ACCOUNT userspace library + The data can be queried later using the libipt_ACCOUNT userspace library or by the "iptaccount" tool which is part of the libipt_ACCOUNT package. + A special subnet is "0.0.0.0/0": All data is stored in the src_bytes + and src_packets structure of slot "0". This is useful if you want + to account the overall traffic to/from your internet provider. + If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say `N'.