Messages in this thread | | | From | Massimo Sala <> | Date | Tue, 8 Aug 2017 20:26:36 +0200 | Subject | Re: sysctl, argument parsing, possible bug |
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I make another test with kernel 4.9.32-15.41
sysctl procps version 3.2.8
sysctl net.ipv4.conf.eth0.100.forwarding error: "net.ipv4.conf.eth0.100.forwarding" is an unknown key
so I install busybox :
BusyBox v1.19.3
busybox sysctl net.ipv4.conf.eth0.100.forwarding net.ipv4.conf.eth0.100.forwarding = 0
It is working, as I expect reading busybox source sysctl.c
Stephen, I test sysctl net/ipv4/conf/eth0.100/forwarding I confirm it works.
What is the problem ?
As sysctl, also automation tools and scripts cannot be "netdev names aware", and so they fail using the usual dot notation.
I don't pretend to change sysctl to read from the /proc/sys/ directory, as busybox does.
I suggest to add a remark to the man page of sysctl, reporting the difference between the two tools and an example of the alternate syntax : sysctl net/ipv4/conf/eth0.100/forwarding
Thank you for your attention. Best regards, Massimo
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