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Hi Yance,


> Any clue as to where I can see those "over five
> hundred system variables"? ... just being curious ...

some are in the manpage of sysctl. There is also this hint:

"More variables than these exist, and the best and likely only place to
search for their deeper meaning is undoubtedly the source where they
are defined.


> Also, is this sysctl.conf a unique feature of FreeBSD
> or a feature of nay *NIX O/S?

At least OpenBSD and Linux have this feature, too.


 -volker