https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514
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------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-12-26 22:34 -------
But it is not backward compatible. If FORWARD_IP4 is set it does NOT
set the ip forwarding. The /etc/rc.d/init.d/network script is badly written.
Although there is text in that script to set ip forwarding if the FORWARD_IPV4
variable is set as true, that action is completely canceled by the sysctl
stuff. It is ONLY the state of the net.ipv4.ip_forward variable which
determines the state of the forwarding.
Also, to state that a change like this is documented in an obscure file sounds
like a bureaucrat. This change should be documented in the
/etc/sysconfig/network file.
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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.
