SYSCTL.CONF(5) AerieBSD 1.0 Refernce Manual SYSCTL.CONF(5)

NAME

sysctl.conf — sysctl variables to set at system startup

DESCRIPTION

sysctl.conf contains a list of sysctl(8) variable assignments that is read at system startup by rc(8) early on in the boot sequence.

The file is made up of sysctl(8) variable assignments (variable) with comments designated by a hash mark (‘#’).

FILES

/etc/sysctl.conf

EXAMPLES

To turn on IP forwarding, one would use the following line: 

net.inet.ip.forwarding=1

To cause the kernel to reboot on a panic, instead of dropping into the debugger, the following can be used: 

ddb.panic=0

SEE ALSO

rc(8), sysctl(8)

HISTORY

A sysctl.conf file first appeared in OpenBSD 2.3.

AerieBSD 1.0 Reference Manual August 26 2008 SYSCTL.CONF(5)