Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 11:28:08 -0500 (CDT) From: jlemon@americantv.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/7978: [PATCH] sysctl man page claims kern.maxproc is changeable Message-ID: <199809181628.LAA02805@prism.pcs>
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>Number: 7978
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [PATCH] sysctl man page claims kern.maxproc is changeable
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Sep 18 11:20:07 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jonathan Lemon
>Organization:
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT as of Thu Sep 17 16:23:38 CDT
>Description:
sysctl.8 man page claims that kern.maxproc is changeable. It is not.
>How-To-Repeat:
# id
uid=0(root) gid=1000(jlemon) groups=1000(jlemon), 0(wheel)
# sysctl -w kern.maxproc=1000
sysctl: oid 'kern.maxproc' is read only
>Fix:
--- usr.sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8.orig Fri Sep 18 11:25:56 1998
+++ usr.sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 Fri Sep 18 11:19:51 1998
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
.It kern.osrevision integer no
.It kern.version string no
.It kern.maxvnodes integer yes
-.It kern.maxproc integer yes
+.It kern.maxproc integer no
.It kern.maxprocperuid integer yes
.It kern.maxfiles integer yes
.It kern.maxfilesperproc integer yes
>Audit-Trail:
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