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On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 04:13:22PM -0400, Ray Parish wrote:
> I am using the hidden patch on the 2.4 series kernel.
> I have about 1000 ips bound to the lo interface.
> I am having an issue where I set the appropriate proc settings via
> sysctl.conf
> The problem is that the system parses the sysctl.conf file before
> the interfaces exist on the system, so this causes the interfaces to
> come up in "NOT HIDDEN" mode.
> thus I have to run sysctl -p in order to have the proc entries modified.
>
> Is there a way to define lo to always have the default to 1 instead of 0
> in the patch?
I would recommend modifying your boot sequence to run sysctl a second
time. This can be done by either modifying rc.local or adding a new
sysctl init script that gets executed just after the interfaces are
brought up.
--
Horms
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