I have a little problem with sysctl on a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS system.

When I set the sysctl values with "sysctl -w " all work fine, but when I try to use the sysctl.conf file. the net settings will be ignored.

For example my sysctl.conf

# /etc/sysctl.conf - Configuration file for setting system variables

kernel.domainname=findme.sysctl 

# Corefiles information 
fs.suid_dumpable=2 
kernel.core_pattern=/cores/core-%e-%s-%u-%g-%p-%t

##############################################################3
# Functions previously found in netbase

net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_tcp_timeout_fin_wait=1
net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait=1

when I grep to the values, I can see that the sysctl settings for net.ipv4.netfilter don't set.

[host:~ ] $ sysctl -a | grep domainname
kernel.domainname = findme.sysctl

[host:~ ] $ sysctl -a | grep "core_pattern"
kernel.core_pattern = /cores/core-%e-%s-%u-%g-%p-%t

[host:~ ] $ sysctl -a | grep "timeout_fin_wait"
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_fin_wait = 120
net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_tcp_timeout_fin_wait = 120

[host:~ ] $ sysctl -a | grep "timeout_close_wait"
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait = 60
net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait = 60

can somebody help me to solve the problem?

If you need more information I can post it.

Cheers,

Steffen