Bug 10024 - setting FORWARD_IPV4 in /etc/sysconfig/network fails
Summary: setting FORWARD_IPV4 in /etc/sysconfig/network fails
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
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Reported: 2000-03-07 12:30 UTC by David Lawrence
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-03-07 19:08:18 UTC
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Description Derek Tattersall 2000-03-07 12:30:55 UTC 
FORWARD_IPV4 set to true in /etc/sysconfig/network does not set
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward to 1 as it did in 6.1.  Happened on my
home firewall/masquerade box running rc1.2.
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-03-07 14:30:59 UTC 
This has been moved to the net.ipv4.ip_forward variable in /etc/sysctl.conf,
but the installer needs to be modified to stop adding FORWARD_IPV4 to
/etc/sysconfig/network.  Failing that, initscripts might need to migrate the
setting to preserve compatibility with older machines and upgrades.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2000-03-07 15:48:59 UTC 
initscripts *does* migrate the settings on upgrade; however,
it won't check for changes made *after* the upgrade.

This should be covered in the release notes.

Assigned to the installer so we can check it there.
Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2000-03-07 19:08:59 UTC 
Fixed in latest internal version.
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