Bug 10903

Summary: /etc/sysctl.conf not updated by netcfg
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: chenchain
Component: netcfgAssignee: Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
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Description chenchain 2000-04-18 20:35:47 UTC 
When you select to enable network packet forwarding under the routing
section, it updates /etc/sysconfig/network but not /etc/sysctl.conf.  From
what I understand /etc/sysctl.conf is what dictates the ip_forward option
now in Red Hat 6.2.  Therefore, enable network packet forwarding with
netcfg does not enable packet forwarding at all

Thanks,
Chen
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-05-02 18:53:59 UTC 
This is fixed in the versions of pythonlib and netcfg that we have in Raw Hide
(ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/rawhide/noarch/RedHat/RPMS/).  We haven't yet decided
whether or not to issue them as a bug-fix erratas.