Package: nftables Version: 0.8.1-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
* Observed while functionality testing * flush a map before restoring from file. ** nft list table test > backup ** flush the maps ** nft -f backup * Example below - valid map exists nft list map test test_nat - (valid map exists) -------- table ip test { map testt_nat { type ipv4_addr . inet_service : ipv4_addr elements = { x.x.x.5 . domain : 8.8.4.4, x.x.x.6 . domain : 8.8.8.8 } } ------- * Error nft flush map test test_nat - (according to man page this should work) ------- Error: Could not process rule: Invalid argument flush map test test_nat ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------- * Expected outcome: remove the elements from the map. -- System Information: Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Release: 16.04 Codename: xenial Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-87-generic (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US: (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages nftables depends on: ii dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3 ii libc6 2.23-0ubuntu9 ii libgmp10 2:6.1.0+dfsg-2 ii libmnl0 1.0.3-5 ii libnftnl7 1.0.9-2 ii libreadline7 7.0-3 ii libxtables12 1.6.1-2+b1 nftables recommends no packages. nftables suggests no packages. -- no debconf information