http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4629
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-09-08 02:10 ------- Created an attachment (id=593) --> (http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/attachment.cgi?id=593&action=view) patch for set_zero_one_variable() in libmsec.py use eval() when value is a string -- 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: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: In libmsec.py, set_zero_one_variable() can't handle "True" or "False" values from /etc/sysctl.conf See the attached patch for a possible solution. For example, with this line in /etc/sysctl.conf : net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses=False msec dies with a ValueError exception : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/msec/msec.py", line 266, in ? commit_changes() File "/usr/share/msec/mseclib.py", line 24, in commit_changes apply(f[0], f[1]) File "/usr/share/msec/libmsec.py", line 899, in accept_bogus_error_responses set_zero_one_variable(SYSCTLCONF, 'net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses', not arg, 1, 'Ignoring bogus icmp error responses', 'Accepting bogus icmp error responses') File "/usr/share/msec/libmsec.py", line 820, in set_zero_one_variable val=int(val) ValueError: invalid literal for int(): False
