On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 09:56:03PM +1000, Craig Small wrote: > On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 09:25:46AM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > > recently, the netbase package has begun to complain if the deprecated > > file /etc/network/options is still being used. The suggested migration > > way is to use /etc/sysctl.conf with appropriate entries. > > > > The /e/n/o option "spoofprotect" echos 1 into > > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter, which prompts a sysctl.conf entry > > of net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter=1. > Why doesn't it use /net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter ? > Isn't that the whole point of the all subdirectory.
I don't know. I am only a user of netbase, which has lost some functionality and points me towards procps. Other users in that situation will follow. > > To ease the transition from /e/n/o to sysctl.conf, sysctl should be > > able to expand the wildcard. > Or use the right key. I have a real problem with getting sysctl to > expand the keys; the admin should be pretty explicit about what > he/she is turning on or off. Well, prepare for a lot of users asking that question in the future as netbase's docs are a little terse about that topic. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
