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no /proc/sys



Hi. Weird problem.
I have a machine that is supposed to act as masq server for a local net.
its a 386/80Meg Hard Drive/8Megs running SuSE and 2.2.9 kernel.

1. I _DID_ compile all routing/masqing options in the kernel.
2. ipchains is configured, masqing chain is set to masq local net.
3. ppp interface configured and working
4. ethernet interface configured and working
5. hosts that are supposed to use this machine as a gateway are configged
accordingly, see the machine itself, dont see the internet through it.

Here comes the funny part.
you need to do a 
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
to enable kernel forwarding.

I _DONT HAVE_ a sys directory in the /proc
(the /proc and all the rest of its content is there)

can anyone tell me why it is so and how I can solve this?

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