the routing table. Takes either a boolean argument, or the
values <literal>ipv4</literal> or <literal>ipv6</literal>,
which only enables IP forwarding for the specified address
- family. This controls the
+ family, or <literal>kernel</literal>, which preserves existing sysctl settings.
+ This controls the
<filename>net.ipv4.conf.<interface>.forwarding</filename>
and
<filename>net.ipv6.conf.<interface>.forwarding</filename>
for details about sysctl options). Defaults to
<literal>no</literal>.</para>
- <para>Note: unless this option is turned on, no IP
- forwarding is done on this interface, even if this is
+ <para>Note: unless this option is turned on, or set to <literal>kernel</literal>,
+ no IP forwarding is done on this interface, even if this is
globally turned on in the kernel, with the
<filename>net.ipv4.ip_forward</filename> and
<filename>net.ipv4.ip_forward</filename> sysctl