It's not true that there's no mapping by default: there's no mapping in the --map-guest-addr sense, by default, but in that case the default --map-host-loopback behaviour prevails. While at it, fix a typo. Fixes: 57b7bd2a48a1 ("fwd, conf: Allow NAT of the guest's assigned address") Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio(a)redhat.com> --- passt.1 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1 index f5cf8a4..8d1d860 100644 --- a/passt.1 +++ b/passt.1 @@ -381,14 +381,14 @@ Translate \fIaddr\fR in the guest to be equal to the guest's assigned address on the host. That is, packets from the guest to \fIaddr\fR will be redirected to the address assigned to the guest with \fB-a\fR, or by default the host's global address. This allows the guest to -access services availble on the host's global address, even though its +access services available on the host's global address, even though its own address shadows that of the host. If \fIaddr\fR is 'none', no address is mapped. Only one IPv4 and one IPv6 address can be translated, and if the option is specified multiple times, the last one for each address type takes effect. -Default is no mapping. +By default, mapping happens as described for the \-\-map-host-loopback option. .TP .BR \-4 ", " \-\-ipv4-only -- 2.43.0
On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 11:43:19AM +0100, Stefano Brivio wrote:It's not true that there's no mapping by default: there's no mapping in the --map-guest-addr sense, by default, but in that case the default --map-host-loopback behaviour prevails. While at it, fix a typo. Fixes: 57b7bd2a48a1 ("fwd, conf: Allow NAT of the guest's assigned address") Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio(a)redhat.com>Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david(a)gibson.dropbear.id.au>--- passt.1 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1 index f5cf8a4..8d1d860 100644 --- a/passt.1 +++ b/passt.1 @@ -381,14 +381,14 @@ Translate \fIaddr\fR in the guest to be equal to the guest's assigned address on the host. That is, packets from the guest to \fIaddr\fR will be redirected to the address assigned to the guest with \fB-a\fR, or by default the host's global address. This allows the guest to -access services availble on the host's global address, even though its +access services available on the host's global address, even though its own address shadows that of the host. If \fIaddr\fR is 'none', no address is mapped. Only one IPv4 and one IPv6 address can be translated, and if the option is specified multiple times, the last one for each address type takes effect. -Default is no mapping. +By default, mapping happens as described for the \-\-map-host-loopback option. .TP .BR \-4 ", " \-\-ipv4-only-- David Gibson (he or they) | I'll have my music baroque, and my code david AT gibson.dropbear.id.au | minimalist, thank you, not the other way | around. http://www.ozlabs.org/~dgibson