<filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding</filename>.
</para>
- <para>If a variable assignment is prefixed with a single <literal>-</literal> character, any attempts to
- set it that fail will be ignored (though are logged). Moreover, any access permission errors, and
- attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are ignored (and logged) too.</para>
+ <para>Any access permission errors and attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are
+ logged, but do not cause the the service to fail. Moreover, if a variable assignment is prefixed with a
+ single <literal>-</literal> character, failure to set the variable will be logged, but will not cause the
+ service to fail. All other errors when setting variables cause the service to return failure at the end
+ (other variables are still processed).</para>
<para>The settings configured with <filename>sysctl.d</filename>
files will be applied early on boot. The network