On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 08:21:34AM -0600, Gerald Skerbitz wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Florin Iucha wrote:
> > I think you should add
> >    net/ipv4/ip_forward=1
> > to /etc/sysctl.conf
> Close.
> s%/%.%g
> 
> net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
> 
> BTW, try /sbin/sysctl -a

I think it's a Debian vs Meow-two :)

bear:/home/florin# /sbin/sysctl -a | grep forward
net/ipv4/conf/eth0/mc_forwarding = 0
net/ipv4/conf/eth0/forwarding = 0
net/ipv4/conf/lo/mc_forwarding = 0
net/ipv4/conf/lo/forwarding = 0
net/ipv4/conf/default/mc_forwarding = 0
net/ipv4/conf/default/forwarding = 0
net/ipv4/conf/all/mc_forwarding = 0
net/ipv4/conf/all/forwarding = 0
net/ipv4/ip_forward = 0
bear:/home/florin# ls -l /etc/sysctl.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          185 Jul 19  2001 /etc/sysctl.conf
bear:/home/florin# cat /etc/sysctl.conf
#
# /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables
# See sysctl.conf (5) for information.
#
#kernel.domainname = example.com
#net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts=1

I haven't changed that file since it has been installed, but I adapted
the example to the syntax in there.

florin

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