Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 22:19:36 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Cc: gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, dnelson@emsphone.com (Dan Nelson) Subject: Re: changing default sysctl values in kernel... Message-ID: <199611082119.WAA06895@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199611071534.JAA18370@dan.emsphone.com> from Dan Nelson at "Nov 7, 96 09:34:32 am"
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As Dan Nelson wrote: > You don't want to search for GATEWAY; search for where the sysctl > "forwarding" is linked to a kernel variable. From /sys/netinet/ip_input.c: > > static int ipforwarding = 0; > SYSCTL_INT(_net_inet_ip, IPCTL_FORWARDING, forwarding, CTLFLAG_RW, > &ipforwarding, 0, ""); > > Just set ipforwarding to 1 there, and you should be set. NOOO! Use the variable ``gateway'' in /etc/sysconfig, don't mess with the kernel's static variables for this. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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