Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On Thu 2007-12-06 13:52:09 -0500, Tom Wolfe wrote: > >> I swtiched to using sysctl.conf after reading that the >> /etc/network/options is deprecated > > right, good call.
I was told differently on this list. The Edubuntu Wiki suggests that it is a solution. If it is in fact deprecated, and I believe you, then we really need to get on the same page of what *does* work with 7.10. > >> Still the same problem. >> >> I've resorted to a cron job that sets it to 1 ever minute.... quite a >> hack so I'd love to know the real cause of the problem. >> >> NOte that I didn't do a standard Edubuntu install, I had Edubuntu >> workstation, and then installed LTSP, etc. on top of it. I imagine I >> have a config missing somewhere. > > on my debian lenny system here, /etc/sysctl.conf is initially read by > /etc/init.d/procps from the procps package during system > initialization (linked from /etc/rcS.d/S30procps). lenny uses > traditional sysvinit, though -- i think edubuntu is using upstart now, > so maybe it does something differently? or maybe yer distro > migrations broke your initscripts somehow? > > If a stock edubuntu install were to not initialize /proc/sys from > /etc/sysctl.conf, that would be a serious bug worth reporting. I definitely need to echo that making changes to /etc/sysctl.conf *do* *not* have any affect on ip_forwarding. It is annoying, it does not make sense, but I thought that it was just me. I enable ip_forwarding through a line in rc.local. > > --dkg > > PS no need to CC me, i read the list. > --scott -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
