https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514
[EMAIL PROTECTED] changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED Version|6.91-10mdk |6.91-18mdk ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-12-30 22:20 ------- You are right, there is a bug in the script. It will be fixed in the next release. ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-01-14 09:09 ------- corrected in 6.91-19mdk ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] description: 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.