On 01/09/2013 08:34 AM, Leon Fauster wrote:
Am 09.01.2013 um 17:13 schrieb Emmett Culley:
On 01/08/2013 12:39 PM, Leon Fauster wrote:
for sysctl configs i suggest the /etc/sysctl.d directory (create it if ...)
for example:
$ cat /etc/sysctl.d/vpn.conf net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
There was no /etc/sysctl.d directory, so I created one and added a file with sysctl -p on the first line, still no change to my requested settings after a reboot. So I changed the file to look like:
#!/bin/bash sysctl -p
and made it executable (just in case :-) and of course that didn't work either.
I've noted that there was a bug reported for RHEL5 that stated this would be fixed in 6. I guess that didn't happen. And I am not even certain that it isn't working as expected.
In the mean time I will stick to using /etc/rc.local.
The files (/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf) must have the format of e.g.
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
like /etc/sysctl.conf
That files (/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf) are read by the start script rc.sysinit (function apply_sysctl) after /etc/sysctl.conf was read.
-- LF
Yes, that is what I tried first. I just made it executable after that failed as it was quicker to do that than to google or ask the list.
As for apply_sysctl... That calls sysctl -e -p /etc/sysctl.conf. At least that is what I would expect. However if it is getting called, the changes aren't sticking.
Emmett