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Author: <csmall@debian.org>
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Description: -p flag has OPTIONAL filename
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cleanup sysctl man page
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Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/297144
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Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/282168
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Index: b/sysctl.8
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===================================================================
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--- a/sysctl.8 2009-11-24 20:53:05.000000000 +1100
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+++ b/sysctl.8 2009-11-24 21:00:32.000000000 +1100
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@@ -10,76 +10,108 @@
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.SH NAME
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sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] variable ..."
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+.B sysctl
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+.RB [ \-n ]
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+.RB [ \-e ]
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+.I variable
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+\&...
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.br
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-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -w variable=value ..."
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+.B sysctl
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+.RB [ \-n ]
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+.RB [ \-e ]
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+.RB [ \-q ]
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+.B \-w
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+.IR variable = value
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+\&...
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.br
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-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -p <filename>"
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+.B sysctl
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+.RB [ \-n ]
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+.RB [ \-e ]
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+.RB [ \-q ]
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+.B \-p
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+.RI [ filename ]
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.br
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-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -a"
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+.B sysctl
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+.RB [ \-n ]
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+.RB [ \-e ]
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+.B \-a
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.br
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-.B "sysctl [-n] [-e] -A"
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+.B sysctl
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+.RB [ \-n ]
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+.RB [ \-e ]
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+.B \-A
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B sysctl
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is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available
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are those listed under /proc/sys/. Procfs is required for
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-.B sysctl(8)
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+.B sysctl
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support in Linux. You can use
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-.B sysctl(8)
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+.B sysctl
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to both read and write sysctl data.
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.SH PARAMETERS
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.TP
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-.B "variable"
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+.I variable
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The name of a key to read from. An example is kernel.ostype. The '/'
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separator is also accepted in place of a '.'.
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.TP
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-.B "variable=value"
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-To set a key, use the form variable=value, where variable is the key and
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-value is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters
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+.IR variable = value
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+To set a key, use the form
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+.IR variable = value
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+where
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+.I variable
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+is the key and
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+.I value
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+is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters
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which are parsed by the shell, you may need to enclose the value in double
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-quotes. This requires the -w parameter to use.
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+quotes. This requires the
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+.B \-w
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+parameter to use.
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.TP
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-.B "-n"
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+.B \-n
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Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values.
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.TP
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-.B "-e"
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+.B \-e
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Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.
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.TP
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-.B "-N"
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+.B \-N
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Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that
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have programmable completion.
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.TP
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-.B "-q"
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+.B \-q
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Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.
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.TP
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-.B "-w"
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+.B \-w
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Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting.
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.TP
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-.B "-p"
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+.B \-p
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Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none given.
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Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard input.
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.TP
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-.B "-a"
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+.B \-a
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Display all values currently available.
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.TP
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-.B "-A"
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+.B \-A
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Display all values currently available in table form.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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-.TP
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-/sbin/sysctl -a
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-.TP
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-/sbin/sysctl -n kernel.hostname
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-.TP
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-/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.domainname="example.com"
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-.TP
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-/sbin/sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
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+/sbin/sysctl \-a
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+.br
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+/sbin/sysctl \-n kernel.hostname
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+.br
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+/sbin/sysctl \-w kernel.domainname="example.com"
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+.br
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+/sbin/sysctl \-p /etc/sysctl.conf
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.SH FILES
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.I /proc/sys
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+.br
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.I /etc/sysctl.conf
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR sysctl.conf (5)
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.SH BUGS
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-The -A parameter behaves just as -a does.
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+The
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+.B \-A
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+parameter behaves just as
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+.B \-a
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+does.
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.SH AUTHOR
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George Staikos, <staikos@0wned.org>
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