Jeff Dike wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > >> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies >> for which I am getting the following error message. >> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies: No such file or directory > > > What Angela said. > > To explain that error above, /proc is special. It is not a normal filesystem > in which you can create files. It's a filesystem-like window into the kernel. > The kernel creates files there and makes it appear as though they contain > information, even though they really don't. Ahhhh! Any day in which you learn something is a good day. Thanks, Jeff, for making this a good day for me. :) Jenn V. -- "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jenn Vesperman http://www.simegen.com/~jenn/ _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk