Re: Some questions about IP Masquerading

[Mark Phillips <mark@ist.flinders.edu.au>]

Thanks for all your help with these questions.  Much appreciated.
Just one more query...

> >4.  The HOWTO says:
> >
> > IMPORTANT: IP forwarding is disabled by default since 2.0.34
> >  kernels, please make sure you enable it by running
> >         echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward 
> >
> >This seems a very strange way to enable something.  Does it need to be
> >done at boot time, or when?  Why is it done like this?
> 
> This is the standard way to change kernel variables at run time. It
> only needs to be done once per boot, and boot time is as good a
> time as any. rc.local is probably a good choice for this command as
> well.

I don't seem to have an rc.local file.  Is there one for Debian linux?
And if not, does Debian have something else instead?

Cheers,

Mark.


_/~~~~~~~~\___/~~~~~~\____________________________________________________
____/~~\_____/~~\__/~~\__________________________Mark_Phillips____________
____/~~\_____/~~\________________________________mark@ist.flinders.edu.au_
____/~~\HE___/~~\__/~~\APTAIN_____________________________________________
____/~~\______/~~~~~~\____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
        "They told me I was gullible ... and I believed them!"