.\" ==================== Network namespaces ====================
.\"
.SS Network namespaces (CLONE_NEWNET)
-Network namespaces provide isolation of the system resources associated
-with networking: network devices, IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks,
-IP routing tables, firewalls, the
-.I /proc/net
-directory, the
-.I /sys/class/net
-directory, port numbers (sockets), and so on.
-A physical network device can live in exactly one
-network namespace.
-A virtual network
-.RB ( veth (4))
-device pair provides a pipe-like abstraction
-.\" FIXME . Add pointer to veth(4) page when it is eventually completed
-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.
-.PP
-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 parent of the process).
-.PP
-Use of network namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the
-.B CONFIG_NET_NS
-option.
+See
+.BR network_namespaces (7).
.\"
.\" ==================== Mount namespaces ====================
.\"
.BR cgroup_namespaces (7),
.BR cgroups (7),
.BR credentials (7),
+.BR network_namespaces (7),
.BR pid_namespaces (7),
.BR user_namespaces (7),
-.BR ip-netns (8),
.BR lsns (8),
.BR switch_root (8)
.SH NAME
network_namespaces \- overview of Linux network namespaces
.SH DESCRIPTION
-/sys/class/net -- see sysfs(5)
-
-/proc/net
-
-/var/run/netns
-
-.SH EXAMPLE
+.\" 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
+.I /proc/net
+directory, the
+.I /sys/class/net
+directory, port numbers (sockets), and so on.
+A physical network device can live in exactly one
+network namespace.
+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.
+.PP
+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 parent of the process).
+.PP
+Use of network namespaces requires a kernel that is configured with the
+.B CONFIG_NET_NS
+option.
+.\" FIXME .SH EXAMPLE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR nsenter (1),
.BR unshare (1),