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Sysctl

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

Some favorite sysctls

  • kernel.dmesg_restrict=0 allows regular users to see dmesg output
  • kernel.nmi_watchdog=0 disables the NMI watchdog, freeing up a performance counter
  • kernel.perf_event_paranoid=-1 allow unprivileged access to performance counters
  • net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 enable IPv4 packet forwarding
  • net.ipv6.conf.all.forwarding=1 enable IPv6 packet forwarding
  • net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct=1 turn on packet/byte stats in conntrack table
  • net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_timestamp=1 turn on timestamps in conntrack table
  • net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies=1 enable TCP syncookies (see http://lwn.net/Articles/277146/)
  • net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1, net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=1 enable reverse path filter
  • net.core.bpf_jit_enable=1 enables eBPF JIT