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1.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.org>
2.\" All rights reserved.
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5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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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.

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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 80634 2001-07-30 14:18:14Z yar $
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
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.
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

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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

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