Can't create file using echo: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_change

rsumbeling · 12-10-2004, 01:23 PM

Hi,

I trying to create a file using echo and redirection: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_change by this command:

# echo 1024 65000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_change
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An error message is displayed:

sh: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_change: No such file or directory
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I even tried to use cat and vi, but the seems like i can't create the file...

Can anyone help me resolve this problem?

crm · 12-10-2004, 01:41 PM

try using 'touch' eg
# touch /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_change
then vi or >
also try
# echo "1024 65000" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_change

i hope you know what your doing in the proc directiry... im scared of it.

rsumbeling · 12-10-2004, 01:53 PM

thanx crm, but the file does not yet exist, so it still gives me error message that the file does exist using touch command... i tried creating that file in my local directory then tried copying that file to that directory, but the shell tells me that cannot create regular file. What should i do?

thanks

crm · 12-10-2004, 02:24 PM

im having a similar experience trying to recreate the problem.

i think the issue uis that 'proc' is more of a image of your running PROCesses then an actual directory - perhaps theres another way to achieve the desired result?