sysctl.conf —
sysctl variables to set at system startup
sysctl.conf contains a list of
sysctl(8) variable
assignments that is read at system startup by
rc(8) early on in the
boot sequence.
The file is made up of
sysctl(8) variable
assignments
(
variable=
value)
with comments designated by a hash mark (‘#’).
- /etc/sysctl.conf
-
To turn on IP forwarding, one would use the following line:
To cause the kernel to reboot on a panic, instead of dropping into the debugger,
the following can be used:
rc(8),
sysctl(8)
A
sysctl.conf file first appeared in
OpenBSD 2.3.
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