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diff --git a/system_cmds/sysctl.tproj/sysctl.conf.5 b/system_cmds/sysctl.tproj/sysctl.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..709c601 --- /dev/null +++ b/system_cmds/sysctl.tproj/sysctl.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" Modified August 3, 2007 +.\" Portions Copyright (c) 2007 Apple Inc. +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5,v 1.16 2004/07/03 18:29:23 ru Exp $ +.\" +.Dd August 3, 2007 +.Dt SYSCTL.CONF 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sysctl.conf +.Nd kernel state defaults +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf +file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default +settings for the kernel. +The +.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf +is in the format of the +.Xr sysctl 8 +command, i.e.\& +.Bd -literal -offset indent +sysctl_mib=value +.Ed +.Pp +Comments are denoted by a +.Dq # +at the beginning of a line. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/sysctl.conf -compact +.It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf +Initial settings for +.Xr sysctl 8 . +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +To disable coredumps, you may use a configuration like: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# Disable coredumps. +kern.coredump=0 +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +file appeared in +.Fx 4.0 . +.Sh BUGS +If loadable kernel modules are used to introduce additional kernel +functionality and sysctls to manage that functionality, +.Nm +may be processed too early in the boot process to set those sysctls. |