From 81397a722ae6171ba59caa2d88ea750592d0ff5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Todd C. Miller" Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 03:04:40 +0000 Subject: first cut, could use help --- share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+) create mode 100644 share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 (limited to 'share') diff --git a/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..12edf1631f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.conf.5,v 1.1 1998/06/26 03:04:39 millert Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller +.\" 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. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``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 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. +.\" +.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 . -- cgit v1.2.3