http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1075239 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1075239#c1 Patrick Schaaf <patrick.schaaf@yalwa.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |patrick.schaaf@yalwa.com --- Comment #1 from Patrick Schaaf <patrick.schaaf@yalwa.com> --- Just noticed the same thing, fresh tumbleweed install on x86_64, /sbin/sysctl from package procps-3.3.12-9.2.x86_64 For the older, working versions, stracing a "sysctl -w net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1" shows: open("/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666) = 3 write(3, "1\n", 2) = 2 For the broken, tumbleweed-current /sbin/sysctl I instead see: openat(AT_FDCWD, "/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6", O_WRONLY|O_TRUNC) = 3 lseek(3, 1, SEEK_CUR) = 1 write(3, "0\0", 2) = 2 Observation: the broken one does not write a newline, but instead a nul byte. Meanwhile, /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl as used during boot, keeps working fine (i.e. changes to /etc/sysctl.conf become active on next boot) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.