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by **Alexander Gingelmaie** » Sat, 30 Oct 1999 04:00:00

when i like to activate ip-forwarding with following:

echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

suse 6.2 does not find the path /proc/sys doesnt exists.

i installed all modules containing "firewall" or "forwarding".

thanks.

by **Malwar** » Sat, 30 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Hi Alexander,

> suse 6.2 does not find the path /proc/sys doesnt exists.

Are you using a kernel delivered on the CDs or did you compile your own
and forgot to enable support for the proc-filesystem?

Quote:> i installed all modules containing "firewall" or "forwarding".

All modules are packaged within a single RPM! So did you delete delete
some modules?

Malware

by **Josef Drexle** » Sat, 30 Oct 1999 04:00:00

In article "suse 6.2 linux and firewall / forwarding", Alexander

Quote:Gingelmaier writes:
> when i like to activate ip-forwarding with following:

> echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

> suse 6.2 does not find the path /proc/sys doesnt exists.

Check if /proc is mounted, with the "mount" command.

If it isn't, use "mount /proc". You may have to put the line
"none /proc proc defaults 0 0" in your /etc/fstab first.

If this doesn't work, recompile the kernel with proc FS support, or use a
kernel from the installation CD.

There is no reason to not use the proc filesystem.

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by **David KL** » Sat, 13 Nov 1999 04:00:00

Quote:>when i like to activate ip-forwarding with following:
>echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Better try to set
IP_FORWARD=yes
in /etc/rc.config.
Then you execute SuSEconfig
Then you restart net services typing init 2

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KLO Ingeniera Informtica

by **Charles Blackbur** » Mon, 15 Nov 1999 04:00:00

once he'd done that, he'd be better off rebooting it instead of tyoing init
2 your your case, but why doesn't he just bring the netwokring side down by
using the netwokring script in /etc/rc.d/netowrk stop then network start.
that way it's much cleaner and better than re-booting or changing init
levels

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> >when i like to activate ip-forwarding with following:
> >echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

> Better try to set
> IP_FORWARD=yes
> in /etc/rc.config.
> Then you execute SuSEconfig
> Then you restart net services typing init 2

> David Zafra Gmez
> KLO Ingeniera Informtica