Chapter 11. Kernel settings in /proc-filesystem

Table of Contents

1. How to access the /proc-filesystem
1.1. Using ”cat” and ”echo”
1.2. Using ”sysctl”
1.3. Values found in /proc-filesystems
2. Entries in /proc/sys/net/ipv6/
2.1. conf/default/*
2.2. conf/all/*
2.3. conf/interface/*
2.4. neigh/default/*
2.5. neigh/interface/*
2.6. route/*
3. IPv6-related entries in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/
3.1. ip_*
3.2. tcp_*
3.3. icmp_*
3.4. others
4. IPv6-related entries in /proc/net/
4.1. if_inet6
4.2. ipv6_route
4.3. sockstat6
4.4. tcp6
4.5. udp6
4.6. igmp6
4.7. raw6
4.8. ip6_flowlabel
4.9. rt6_stats
4.10. snmp6
4.11. ip6_tables_names

Note: the source of this section is mostly the file ”ip-sysctl.txt” which is included in current kernel sources in directory ”Documentation/networking”. Credits to Pekka Savola for maintaining the IPv6-related part in this file. Also some text is more or less copied & pasted into this document.