Jeff Dike wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
>> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
>> for which I am getting the following error message.
>> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies: No such file or directory
>
>
> What Angela said.
>
> To explain that error above, /proc is special. It is not a normal filesystem
> in which you can create files. It's a filesystem-like window into the kernel.
> The kernel creates files there and makes it appear as though they contain
> information, even though they really don't.
Ahhhh!
Any day in which you learn something is a good day.
Thanks, Jeff, for making this a good day for me. :)
Jenn V.
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you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer.
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