sysctl, argument parsing, possible bug

From: Massimo Sala
Date: Tue Aug 01 2017 - 16:47:14 EST


cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0.100/forwarding
0

sysctl net.ipv4.conf.eth0.100.forwarding
error: "net.ipv4.conf.eth0.100.forwarding" is an unknown key

uname -a
Linux ip-172-31-45-203 4.9.38-16.33.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jul 20
01:31:29 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/issue
Amazon Linux AMI release 2017.03


best regards, Sala