[arch-general] sysctl.conf.pacsave messages of archlinux.org and archlinux.de are different

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> archlinux.org claims "If you never customized /etc/sysctl.conf, you have
> nothing to do", while archlinux.de's claim is that only those settings
>
> "# Protection from the SYN flood attack.
> net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
> # Disable packet forwarding.
> net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
> net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0"
>
> were used by a /etc/sysctl.conf that never was customized.
>
> I never customized the /etc/sysctl.conf on my machine, but it contains
> other enabled entries too.
>
> $ grep -v "#" /etc/sysctl.conf.pacsave
> net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1
> net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0
> net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding = 0
> kernel.sysrq = 0
> vm.swappiness = 10
> fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
>
> This is confusing.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>

They are right. Something must have altered your sysctl.conf.