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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2015-05-21 20:24:34 +0200 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2015-05-21 20:25:15 +0200 |
commit | 1579dd2c9b8f97e5ec4016d3928d73fea160e55a (patch) | |
tree | 0a3f2760885207f66d7a0bd69054ec8f34c2ed77 /NEWS | |
parent | 6921bf11fac23d93658b4c3f91d7b63a7f5b36c6 (diff) | |
download | systemd-1579dd2c9b8f97e5ec4016d3928d73fea160e55a.tar.gz |
NEWS: document the IPForward= confusion
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@@ -57,6 +57,19 @@ CHANGES WITH 220: * systemd-networkd gained support for vti6 tunnels. + * Note that systemd-networkd manages the sysctl variable + /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/conf/*/forwarding for each interface + it is configured for since v219. The variable controls IP + forwarding, and is a per-interface alternative to the global + /proc/sys/net/ipv[46]/ip_forward. This setting is + configurable in the IPForward= option, which defaults to + "no". This means if networkd is used for an interface it is + no longer sufficient to set the global sysctl option to turn + on IP forwarding! Instead, the .network file option + IPForward= needs to be turned on! Note that the + implementation of this behaviour was broken in v219 and has + been fixed in v220. + * Many bonding and vxlan options are now configurable in systemd-networkd. @@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ CHANGES WITH 220: to cover this functionality. * "systemctl enable", "systemctl disable" and "systemctl mask" - now support a new "--now" switch. If specified the the units + now support a new "--now" switch. If specified the units that are enabled will also be started, and the ones disabled/masked also stopped. |