[Bug 803739] Re: value set in /etc/sysctl.conf not used at boot time

[Yves Dorfsman]

> 2) what about writing directly to the entry

Yes, that works, even just doing
 sysctl net.ipv6.conf.wlan0.use_tempaddr=2

works.

> 1) If you do start procps do the values get set?

Huh... it does. This is confusing. Right after boot, three of the four values are set (all, eth0 and eth1). Wlan0 is not set. I just ran (as root):
 start procps
And got:
 procps stop/waiting

Which is the same thing I get when I do "status procps". But this time,
it did set that one extra value.

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Title:
  value set in /etc/sysctl.conf not used at boot time

Status in “procps” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This is at the bottom of my /etc/sysctl.conf

  net.ipv6.conf.all.use_tempaddr = 2
  net.ipv6.conf.wlan0.use_tempaddr = 2
  net.ipv6.conf.eth0.use_tempaddr = 2
  net.ipv6.conf.eth1.use_tempaddr = 2

  
  Yet, after a reboot:
  $ sysctl net.ipv6.conf.wlan0.use_tempaddr
  net.ipv6.conf.wlan0.use_tempaddr = 0
  $ sysctl net.ipv6.conf.eth0.use_tempaddr
  net.ipv6.conf.eth0.use_tempaddr = 2

  then as root:
  # sysctl net.ipv6.conf.wlan0.use_tempaddr=2
  net.ipv6.conf.wlan0.use_tempaddr = 2

  This is on Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit. This behaviour does not happen on
  Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 11.04
  Release:        11.04

  $ apt-cache policy procps
  procps:
    Installed: 1:3.2.8-10ubuntu3
    Candidate: 1:3.2.8-10ubuntu3
    Version table:
   *** 1:3.2.8-10ubuntu3 0
          500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: procps 1:3.2.8-10ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jun 29 23:41:24 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: procps
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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