On 5/3/23, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, May 03, 2023 at 07:50:30PM -0400, Lee wrote: >> I'm at a loss for how to figure out why my settings aren't taking effect. >> >> $ head /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf > > […] > >> # accept router advertisements >> net/ipv6/conf/enp1s0/accept_ra = 1 > > Is it possible that enp1s0 didn't yet exist at the time that > systemd-sysctl.service ran? To check, you could instead set the key > > net/ipv6/conf/default/accept_ra = 1 > it's already set
> then any new interfaces should get accept_ra=1 as they are created. > > Though when I look at my net/ipv6/conf/default/accept_ra it is > already set to 1, so another possibility is that you have something > that is setting net/ipv6/conf/enp1s0/accept_ra back to 0 after > systemd-sysctl.service already set it to 1. NetworkManager is known > to do this: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1025073 > > So, what are you using to manage enp1s0? yup - I'm using NetworkManager I wanted a static ipv4 address and that was the only thing I could get working Thanks Lee

