Re: sysctl, argument parsing, possible bug

[Massimo Sala]

Do you confirm it is a sysctl parsing bug ?

Bosybox handles these cases, so I think also standalone sysctl have to.

Or at least someone must update sysctl docs / MAN about this.

Best regards, Sala


On 01/08/2017, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Massimo Sala <massimo.sala.71@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> 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
>>
>
> Use echo instead, sysctl doesn't understand eth0.100
> is a netdev name, sigh.
>