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    From Michael P. Soulier@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 15:00:01
    I have this on my gateway

    msoulier@morgan:~$ sudo cat /etc/sysctl.d/forwarding
    [sudo] password for msoulier:
    # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4 net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
    # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv6
    # Enabling this option disables Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
    # based on Router Advertisements for this host
    net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1

    but when it booted just now, forwarding was not enabled. Is this wrong?

    Thanks,
    Mike

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.6
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Greg Wooledge@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 15:10:01
    On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 08:54:15 -0500, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
    I have this on my gateway

    msoulier@morgan:~$ sudo cat /etc/sysctl.d/forwarding

    The filename is wrong.

    NAME
    sysctl.d - Configure kernel parameters at boot

    SYNOPSIS
    /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
    /run/sysctl.d/*.conf
    /usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
    /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf

    [...]

    CONFIGURATION DIRECTORIES AND PRECEDENCE
    Configuration files are read from directories in /etc/, /run/,
    /usr/local/lib/, and /usr/lib/, in order of precedence, as listed in the
    SYNOPSIS section above. Files must have the ".conf" extension.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.6
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Michael P. Soulier@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 15:20:01
    On 2026-01-27 09:05, Greg Wooledge wrote:
    The filename is wrong.

    Ah, thanks. Renamed, and I'll test it when my wife isn't using the
    connection. :)

    Disappointing that the upgrade did not migrate the settings.

    Cheers,
    Mike

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.6
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Eduardo M KALINOWSKI@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 15:30:02
    On 27/01/2026 10:54, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
    I have this on my gateway

    msoulier@morgan:~$ sudo cat /etc/sysctl.d/forwarding
    [sudo] password for msoulier:
    # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv4 net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
    # Uncomment the next line to enable packet forwarding for IPv6
    #ÿ Enabling this option disables Stateless Address Autoconfiguration
    #ÿ based on Router Advertisements for this host net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1

    but when it booted just now, forwarding was not enabled. Is this wrong?

    The files must end in '.conf'. See man sysctl.d.



    --
    Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
    eduardo@kalinowski.com.br

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.6
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From David Wright@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 21:20:01
    On Tue 27 Jan 2026 at 09:13:08 (-0500), Michael P. Soulier wrote:
    On 2026-01-27 09:05, Greg Wooledge wrote:
    The filename is wrong.

    Ah, thanks. Renamed, and I'll test it when my wife isn't using the connection. :)

    Disappointing that the upgrade did not migrate the settings.

    Perhaps because of ?5.1.15 in the trixie Release Notes.

    https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/issues.html#etc-sysctl-conf-is-no-longer-honored

    Cheers,
    David.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.6
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)