From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Feb 4 22:58: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from espresso.q9media.com (espresso.q9media.com [216.254.138.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D1237B41A for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 22:58:06 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mike@localhost) by espresso.q9media.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g156sCt90293; Tue, 5 Feb 2002 01:54:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike) Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 01:54:12 -0500 From: Mike Barcroft To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting sysctl(8)'s in rc.conf Message-ID: <20020205015412.H6496@espresso.q9media.com> References: <20020204145021.B3722@gohan.cjclark.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020204145021.B3722@gohan.cjclark.org>; from cristjc@earthlink.net on Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 02:50:21PM -0800 Organization: The FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Crist J. Clark writes: > There are a number of rc.conf(5) variables whose sole purpose is to > set sysctl(8) knobs. When I recently changed how the 'log_in_vain' > rc.conf variable worked, it was suggested I remove it completely from > the rc.conf and rc.network. It is something the user should be setting > in /etc/rc.sysctl. For that specific sysctl(8) it seems to make > sense. But what about ones like, Just as a side note, I recommend we create a `/usr/share/examples/etc/sysctl.conf' file to store examples and descriptions of the various tunables. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message