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diff --git a/man7/network_namespaces.7 b/man7/network_namespaces.7 deleted file mode 100644 index 06d323f..0000000 --- a/man7/network_namespaces.7 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2017 by Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> -.\" -.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft -.\" -.\" -.TH network_namespaces 7 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" -.SH NAME -network_namespaces \- overview of Linux network namespaces -.SH DESCRIPTION -Network namespaces provide isolation of the system resources associated -with networking: network devices, IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks, -IP routing tables, firewall rules, the -.I /proc/net -directory (which is a symbolic link to -.IR /proc/ pid /net ), -the -.I /sys/class/net -directory, various files under -.IR /proc/sys/net , -port numbers (sockets), and so on. -In addition, -network namespaces isolate the UNIX domain abstract socket namespace (see -.BR unix (7)). -.P -A physical network device can live in exactly one -network namespace. -When a network namespace is freed -(i.e., when the last process in the namespace terminates), -its physical network devices are moved back to the -initial network namespace -(not to the namespace of the parent of the process). -.P -A virtual network -.RB ( veth (4)) -device pair provides a pipe-like abstraction -that can be used to create tunnels between network namespaces, -and can be used to create a bridge to a physical network device -in another namespace. -When a namespace is freed, the -.BR veth (4) -devices that it contains are destroyed. -.P -Use of network namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the -.B CONFIG_NET_NS -option. -.\" FIXME .SH EXAMPLES -.SH SEE ALSO -.BR nsenter (1), -.BR unshare (1), -.BR clone (2), -.BR veth (4), -.BR proc (5), -.BR sysfs (5), -.BR namespaces (7), -.BR user_namespaces (7), -.BR brctl (8), -.BR ip (8), -.BR ip\-address (8), -.BR ip\-link (8), -.BR ip\-netns (8), -.BR iptables (8), -.BR ovs\-vsctl (8) |