Hi Stefan Yes you are right. This is indeed ambiguous on this point. This warning is also Debian specific, and should be simply removed.
However the documentation should also be better described. Suggestions on this is highly welcome. Best regards, // Ola On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 08:54:12PM +0100, Stefan Alfredsson wrote: > Package: vzctl > Version: 3.0.23-8 > > > There seems to be confusion about the setting of the sysctl proxy_arp key. > > On one hand, http://wiki.openvz.org/Quick_installation has > net.ipv4.conf.default.proxy_arp = 0 > > But when starting a VE with vzctl, I get the error message > > vps-net_add WARNING: Function proxy_arp for eth0 is set to 0. See > /usr/share/doc/vzctl/README.Debian > > Indeed, README.Debian is also ambiguous on this point. Both variants are used. > > "If you want network access for the virtual server then you need to > enable IP forwarding. > ... > proxy_arp=0 > > ... > > > If you want the virtual server to directly access the network you need to > enable proxy_arp... > proxy_arp=1 > > > Does perhaps "directly access" refer to veth rather than venet devices? In > that case this whole think might make sense. > > However, after setting up a second server on the same network I get "address > in use" errors: > > Starting container ... > Container is mounted > Adding IP address(es): 10.158.117.145 > arpsend: 10.158.117.145 is detected on another computer : 00:18:fe:fb:32:02 > > The .145 is not configured on the other host, but rather the proxy_arp > setting causes it to reply to the arp query. > > This will cause problems unless there is only one server on the subnet. > > But maybe the bug is elsewhere. Why would openvz proxy requests for addresses > that are not configured? Maybe the semantic of "proxy_arp" has changed > between kernel versions? > > Regards, > Stefan > > > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / o...@debian.org Annebergsslingan 37 \ | o...@inguza.com 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://inguza.com/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
