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Date:      Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:19:05 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: a question about /boot/loader.conf
Message-ID:  <867c01bjpi.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
In-Reply-To: <aH5Pc6zCJzf8E0OS@int21h> (void@f-m.fm's message of "Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:32:19 %2B0100")
References:  <aH5Pc6zCJzf8E0OS@int21h>

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void <void@f-m.fm> writes:
> On recent -current, I notice that sysctls with a numerical value
> are not quoted, but those with an alpabetical one are.
>
> like this:

Presumably, these are lines from your /boot/loader.conf.

> security.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace=0

This is a tunable, not a sysctl (although a sysctl of the same name will
appear if dtrace is compiled into the kernel or loaded)

> filemon_load="YES"

This is a loader configuration variable, not a sysctl.

Neither of these needs quotes, but they won't hurt.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org


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