https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514
Product: initscripts
Component: documentation
Summary: IP FORWARDING set up inconsistant
Version: 6.91-10mdk
Platform: PC
OS/Version: All
Status: ASSIGNED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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.
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-11-18 21:57 -------
*** Bug 513 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-11-18 21:58 -------
*** Bug 513 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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