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Subject: Re: can not change a sysctl value
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At 11:08 AM 8/17/2005, dave wrote:
>Hello,
>     I've added:
>kern.randompid=1
>to my /etc/sysctl.conf file, but on boot the value isn't reset it's still
>zero, does anyone know why i can't reset this value? The box is not
>operating at an increased security level.

It's probably read only.  Try setting it in /boot/loader.conf

-Glenn

>Thanks.
>Dave.
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