Michael Casteel wrote:
>
> At 13:59 -0700 12/20/98, ccurley wrote:
>
> >[root@server /root]# ll /proc/sys/net/ipv4/
> >-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dec 20 04:56 ip_forward
> > [root@server /root]# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding
> > bash: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forwarding: Permission denied
>
> Note the spelling. You have to spell it like Linux does, 'ip_forward'.
> There was a typo in the suggestion you tried. You've probably figured this
> out by now, but:
Actually, no, I didn't notice that. Duh. Thanks for the correction. With
that correction, PI masquerading is now working, and I am off & running,
security leaks and all.
>
> With RedHat, the built-in way to do this (write a '1' into ip_forward so as
> to enable it) is by configuring your /etc/sysconfig/network file, the line
> 'FORWARD_IPV4='. That makes the echo take place during the network bootup
> process. On a normall RH install, that line says 'no', which writes a zero
> to disable it.
>
> You can set this in a GUI using the Network Configurator in the RedHat
> Control Panel. The Routing section (on RH5.1 at least) has a check box for
> IPv4 forwarding.
>
> Or, you can do it yourself in your script, or manually for testing.
Ah, so I don't need it in my boot script that sets the IP forwarding
rules. I'll fix that.
Thank you.
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