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authorJun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-01-19 12:31:22 +0000
committerJun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-01-19 12:31:22 +0000
commit4cab1a361e9f9577c353befaff71bbdbe11697f1 (patch)
tree88d1d4e19a6c0fbcf3d383adb80d90402b15f630 /lib/libc/gen
parent8d9026a5bbb9293e1f95748b655612937d4e821a (diff)
more warning about net.inet6.ip6.forwarding
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/sysctl.312
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
index 845efe10f8c..b5f8ced93ed 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/sysctl.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.3,v 1.38 2000/01/11 00:44:44 angelos Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.3,v 1.39 2000/01/19 12:31:21 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -776,6 +776,16 @@ The variables are as follows:
.It Li ip6.forwarding
Returns 1 when IPv6 forwarding is enabled for the node,
meaning that the node is acting as a router.
+Returns 0 when IPv6 forwarding is disabled for the node,
+meaning that the node is acting as a host.
+IPv6 specification defines node behavior for
+.Dq router
+case and
+.Dq host
+case quite differently, and changing this variable during operation
+may cause serious trouble.
+It is recommended to configure the variable at bootstrap time,
+and bootstrap time only.
.It Li ip6.redirect
Returns 1 when ICMPv6 redirects may be sent by the node.
This option is ignored unless the node is routing IP packets,