From 2972cba11712c3bfbe9fa07d1f3c3c4330127733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Owens Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 15:42:21 -0700 Subject: man: document IPForward=kernel option --- man/systemd.network.xml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml index bd061c270a..54fef4c9c4 100644 --- a/man/systemd.network.xml +++ b/man/systemd.network.xml @@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ the routing table. Takes either a boolean argument, or the values ipv4 or ipv6, which only enables IP forwarding for the specified address - family. This controls the + family, or kernel, which preserves existing sysctl settings. + This controls the net.ipv4.conf.<interface>.forwarding and net.ipv6.conf.<interface>.forwarding @@ -375,8 +376,8 @@ for details about sysctl options). Defaults to no. - Note: unless this option is turned on, no IP - forwarding is done on this interface, even if this is + Note: unless this option is turned on, or set to kernel, + no IP forwarding is done on this interface, even if this is globally turned on in the kernel, with the net.ipv4.ip_forward and net.ipv4.ip_forward sysctl -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf