Ubuntu 6.10

zoshr · 03-09-2007, 11:35 AM

Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding enabling of ip forwarding in Ubuntu 6.10 disto.
As far as I know the recipe for enabling ip forwarding is to uncomment the line:

net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding=1

of the file:

/etc/sysctl.conf

, but when I do this my changes are not reflected in the proc fs:

/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

when I reboot my system, thus I have to do this manually by issuing:

echo 1 >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

From this point onwards, the feature works.
Is there a special way to make the change permanent in this distro, or?

Thanks!

KenJackson · 03-09-2007, 01:47 PM

Quote:

net.ipv4.conf.default.forwarding=1

That's not the right line. It's this:

Code:

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

Or, at least that works for Mandriva. Probably the same on Ubuntu.

zoshr · 03-12-2007, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KenJackson

That's not the right line. It's this:

Code:

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

Or, at least that works for Mandriva. Probably the same on Ubuntu.

Thank you!