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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2017-12-10 23:17:59 +0100
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network_namespaces.7: Minor adjustments to list of resources governed by network namespaces
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.SH NAME
network_namespaces \- overview of Linux network namespaces
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.\" FIXME: /sys/class/net -- see sysfs(5)
-.\" FIXME : /proc/net
-.\" FIXME : /var/run/netns
Network namespaces provide isolation of the system resources associated
with networking: network devices, IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks,
-IP routing tables, firewalls, the
+IP routing tables, firewall rules, the
.I /proc/net
-directory, the
+directory (which is a symbolic link to
+.IR /proc/PID/net ),
+the
.I /sys/class/net
-directory, port numbers (sockets), and so on.
+directory, various files under
+.IR /proc/sys/net ,
+port numbers (sockets), and so on.
.PP
A physical network device can live in exactly one
network namespace.