http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-31-07 04:00 ------- One proposed solution for setting interface-specific parameters is to create interface-specific configuration files like "param-dummy0" at /etc/init.d/network-scripts/ The content of param-dummy0 would be: hidden=1 or even something that can directly serve as a config file for sysctl: net.ipv4.conf.dummy0.hidden=1 I don't know how to get the /etc/init.d/network script to make use of this new configuration file, apart from running sysctl a second time and adopting the second method above with a syntax similar to /etc/sysctl.conf. Thanks to MandrakeClub member michel.digirati for pointing out this problem and also this possible workaround. -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: REOPENED creation_date: description: It used to be ( Mandrake 8.2 and earlier) that IP forwarding was set up using FORWARD_IPV4=yes in /etc/sysconfig/network. Sudenly in 9.0 there are two places in which you must set it up, namely in /etc/sysconfig/network AND in /etc/sysctl.conf. This change is both immensely confusing, and inconsistant. The nnew sysctl.conf file is very unreadable by humans-- the old way at least meant users had a chance to understand what was happening. While it may be that there is some Drak type program somewhere which sets up both of these variables properly, I have not found it, nor is it clear as to what is happening. Why have you kept the /etc/sysconfig/network file for some of the setup variables, and moved others to a new obscure location (sysctl.conf)? I have now wasted an hour trying to figure out why ip forwarding was not being switched on, and I am sure others have the same problem. PS, this is with initscripts 6.91.10mdk, not 6.91.6mdk which is the highest number listed on your bug report page.
