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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelvin Kuhan Param [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 5:58 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Masq] IP Masquerading Problems with SuSE 6.2
>
[snip]
> echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward.
>
> After issueing the above command, I used vi to check the
> contents of the
> above file. And it contained "1".
>
[snip]
>
> Upon reboot, I get an error message stating the masquerade
> failed because
> IP Forwarding was not enabled.
Well, yeah, you get that messsage because IP forwarding is enabled (duh).
Writing 1 to /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward enables IP forwarding until you
reboot. Bummer. If you're using a script to set up your ipchains/ipmasqadm
stuff, then at the beginning of that script you should put a line that reads
'echo "1" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward'. Also, read the IP-MASQ mini(it's
NOT small) HOWTO, available from http://ipmasq.cjb.net/ It's got other ways
to enable IP forwarding, as I recall.
Greg
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