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+.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.conf.5,v 1.1 1998/06/26 03:04:39 millert Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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+.\"
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+.\" AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
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+.\" OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
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+.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd June 25, 1998
+.Os
+.Dt SYSCTL.CONF 8
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm sysctl.conf
+.Nd sysctl variables to set at bootup
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm sysctl.conf
+contains a list of
+.Xr sysctl 8
+variable assignments that is read on bootup by
+.Xr rc 8
+early on in the boot sequence.
+.Pp
+The file is made up of
+.Xr sysctl 8
+variable assignments (variable=value) with comments designated by a hash,
+.Dq # .
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+To turn on IP forwarding, one would use the following line:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
+.Ed
+.Pp
+To cause the kernel to reboot on a panic, instead of dropping into
+the debugger, the following can be used:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+ddb.panic=0
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr rc 8 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+The file 
+.Nm sysctl.conf
+first appeared in
+.Ox 2.3 .