Sysctl

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User-supplied sysctls are best provided via files dropped into <tt>/etc/sysctl.d</tt> (these files must have a <tt>conf</tt> extension). Each has a corresponding entry in <tt>/proc/sys</tt>, assuming [[procfs]] is mounted.

User-supplied sysctls are best provided via files dropped into <tt>/etc/sysctl.d</tt> (these files must have a <tt>conf</tt> extension). Each has a corresponding entry in <tt>/proc/sys</tt>, assuming [[procfs]] is mounted. With or without a mounted procfs, the <tt>sysctl</tt> command line tool.

There is a sysctl system call, but it has been deprecated since Linux 2.6.24, and its usage is discouraged. FreeBSD supports the system call. Supported sysctls can be enumerated using <tt>sysctl -a</tt>.

==Some favorite sysctls==

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-User-supplied sysctls are best provided via files dropped into <tt>/etc/sysctl.d</tt> (these files must have a <tt>conf</tt> extension). Each has a corresponding entry in <tt>/proc/sys</tt>, assuming [[procfs]] is mounted.
+User-supplied sysctls are best provided via files dropped into <tt>/etc/sysctl.d</tt> (these files must have a <tt>conf</tt> extension). Each has a corresponding entry in <tt>/proc/sys</tt>, assuming [[procfs]] is mounted. With or without a mounted procfs, the <tt>sysctl</tt> command line tool.
+There is a sysctl system call, but it has been deprecated since Linux 2.6.24, and its usage is discouraged. FreeBSD supports the system call. Supported sysctls can be enumerated using <tt>sysctl -a</tt>.
 ==Some favorite sysctls==