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Have sysctl print out a more useful error message when it detects that the

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user has attempted to write to a read only, tunable value.
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Mike Silbersack 2003-10-21 16:49:30 +00:00
parent bd6fb64bb3
commit 9b4b73b7ba
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=121306
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@ -197,7 +197,12 @@ parse(char *string)
errx(1, "oid '%s' isn't a leaf node", bufp);
if (!(kind&CTLFLAG_WR))
errx(1, "oid '%s' is read only", bufp);
if (kind & CTLFLAG_TUN) {
fprintf(stderr, "Tunable values are set in /boot/loader.conf and require a reboot to take effect.\n");
errx(1, "oid '%s' is a tunable.", bufp);
} else {
errx(1, "oid '%s' is read only", bufp);
}
if ((kind & CTLTYPE) == CTLTYPE_INT ||
(kind & CTLTYPE) == CTLTYPE_UINT ||