RE: sysctl.conf (formerly packet forwarding)

2005-10-28 Thread Bob Middaugh
Yance Kowara writes: Thank you for the clarification about setting GATEWAY (packet forwarding) in systl.conf and rc.conf. The handbook suggested that "Over five hundred system variables can be read and set using sysctl(8)" ... Any clue as to where I can see those "over five

Re: sysctl.conf (formerly packet forwarding)

2005-10-28 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-10-28 03:18, Yance Kowara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The handbook suggested that "Over five hundred system > variables can be read and set using sysctl(8)" ... > > Any clue as to where I can see those "over five > hundred system variables"? ... just being curious ... To see a list of all

Re: sysctl.conf (formerly packet forwarding)

2005-10-28 Thread Volker Kindermann
Hi Yance, > Any clue as to where I can see those "over five > hundred system variables"? ... just being curious ... some are in the manpage of sysctl. There is also this hint: "More variables than these exist, and the best and likely only place to search for their deeper meaning is undoubtedly

sysctl.conf (formerly packet forwarding)

2005-10-28 Thread Yance Kowara
Thank you for the clarification about setting GATEWAY (packet forwarding) in systl.conf and rc.conf. The handbook suggested that "Over five hundred system variables can be read and set using sysctl(8)" ... Any clue as to where I can see those "over five hundred system variables&q

Re: packet forwarding

2005-10-27 Thread Dan Nelson
][Ee][Ss]) echo -n ' IP gateway=YES' sysctl net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 >/dev/null ;; esac So the answer is: nothing, except that adding the line to sysctl.conf enables packet forwarding before interfaces are configured and other netw

Re: packet forwarding

2005-10-27 Thread Igor Robul
Yance Kowara wrote: Hi all, What's the difference between gateway_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf Regards, There are no differences, you can check this by greping gateway_enable in /etc/rc.d/*. __

packet forwarding

2005-10-27 Thread Yance Kowara
Hi all, What's the difference between gateway_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf and net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 in /etc/sysctl.conf Regards, Yance __ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com __