From 433087977a16c6967817452d15d15bff71d8de0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Brueffer Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 01:01:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add information about setting sysctl variables via loader(8) and loader.conf(5) PR: 38426 (slightly modified) Submitted by: Phil Pennock Approved by: re (bmah) MFC after: 3 days --- sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 index 23ed92c3a97d..643547ba0c0f 100644 --- a/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 +++ b/sbin/sysctl/sysctl.8 @@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ purpose programs such as and .Nm netstat . .Pp +Some of the variables which can not be modified during normal system +operation can be initialized by setting them from +.Xr loader 8 . +This can for example be done by setting the variable in +.Xr loader.conf 5 . +.Pp The string and integer information is summarized below. For a detailed description of these variable see .Xr sysctl 3 . @@ -275,7 +281,9 @@ The option has been deprecated and is silently ignored. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr sysctl 3 , -.Xr sysctl.conf 5 +.Xr loader.conf 5 , +.Xr sysctl.conf 5 , +.Xr loader 8 .Sh BUGS The .Nm