From 1579dd2c9b8f97e5ec4016d3928d73fea160e55a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lennart Poettering Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 20:24:34 +0200 Subject: NEWS: document the IPForward= confusion --- NEWS | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7c29c6df3b..84f9cf8e93 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf