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Re: no /proc/sys



solved. needed to compile sysctl into kernel.

moral of this story: rt*F*m. it explicitly says to compile it in the IP
firewalling help in the kernel docs. 

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On Fri, 25 Jun 1999, Ser Lev Arris wrote:

> 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 mewhy it is so and how I can solve this?
> 
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