Re: IP Masquerading

[Adam Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I got ip masqurading working.
>       My only problem is that I have to change the value of
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward to 1 every time I reboot.

Enable ip forwarding in control panel, or set FORWARD_IPV4=true in 
/etc/sysconfig/network (which is what the control panel does).  Then the 
startup scripts do it for you.

>       I have to change it with vi and when I save the file, vi gives me 
the
> fallowing message:  the file has changed since reading it!!!.  I select 
to
> over write it anyway and it works till I reboot

If you want to change it do a echo "1" > proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward,  
don't use vi as it's not a "real" text file.

> I have to do it this way, if I type /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward at the
>prompt, I get Permition Denied.  I am root when I do this.
>Than the value is reset to 0 agan.
>Any ideas???

It's not an executable.