1.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.org> 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 23.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" |
25.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man5/sysctl.conf.5 81449 2001-08-10 13:45:36Z ru $ |
26.\" 27.Dd December 30, 1999 28.Dt SYSCTL.CONF 5 29.Os 30.Sh NAME 31.Nm sysctl.conf 32.Nd kernel state defaults 33.Sh DESCRIPTION 34The 35.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf 36file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default 37settings for the kernel. The 38.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf 39is in the format of the 40.Xr sysctl 8 |
41command, i.e.\& |
42.Bd -literal -offset indent 43sysctl_mib=value 44.Ed 45.Pp 46Comments are denoted by a 47.Dq # 48at the beginning of a line. Comments can also exist at the end of a line, 49as seen in the --- 29 unchanged lines hidden --- |