Inconsistent behavior for certain sysctl keys.

[obscured1975]

Some of the sysctl keys do not behave consistently. For example:

Removes net.ipv4.ip_forward entry from /etc/sysctl.conf

sysctl { "net.ipv4.ip_forward":
ensure => absent,
permanent => yes,
}

Different key such as net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables doesn't do the same

sysctl { "net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables":
ensure => absent,
permanent => yes,
}

[fiddyspence]

How do they behave inconsistently - what platform are you on, and what behaviour are you seeing?

[obscured1975]

Hey Chris,

I noticed this while working with a prospect. sysctl { "namevar": ensure => absent, permanent => yes, } seems to generally remove the entry for the sysctl key from the configuration file on the filesystem. Tested with two different keys and 'net.ipv4.ip_forward' appears to get removed from the file whereas 'net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables' doesn't get removed. Was testing this on a CentOS 6.4 agent.

John