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mark · #1 Post by **mark** » 2004-03-25 19:16

I get the following error from my router:

[ip address] sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast

Normaly this wouldn't be a problem because you can tell you kernel to ignore this error by editing /proc/sys/net/ip4/icmp_ignore_bogus_error_response.
But when I edit the default value (0) in to 1 and reboot, the default value is back in the file.
I'm sure I saved it correctly before rebooting.

Does somebody have an explanation for this?

lacek · #2 Post by **lacek** » 2004-03-26 10:40

The /proc entries are not saved between reboots, so, if you need to edit anything among these files, you need to do it every time the system boots.

mark · #3 Post by **mark** » 2004-03-26 19:41

Is there a way to do this automaticly?

lacek · #4 Post by **lacek** » 2004-03-29 07:52

Put your settings to the startup scripts. These are located in /etc/rc[1-5].d, and are called S[0-9][0-9]<name>.
Debian systems starts on runlevel 2 by default, so if you put a script to /etc/rc2.d/ named, for example S99systemscripts, and write your stuff into it, then your settings will be applied on startup (be sure to make the script executable).

mark · #5 Post by **mark** » 2004-03-30 17:48

Thanks for your reply

Sorry for the late response, I was away for the weekend.

I'm going to try it right away.