sysctl

sysctl man page
NAME
sysctl - configure kernel parameters at runtime
SYNOPSIS
sysctl [-n] [-e] variable ...
sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -w variable=value ...
sysctl [-n] [-e] [-q] -p
sysctl [-n] [-e] -a
sysctl [-n] [-e] -A
DESCRIPTION
sysctl  is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime.    The parameters
available are those listed under /proc/sys/.  Procfs  is     required  for
sysctl(8)  support  in  Linux.    You can use sysctl(8) to both read and
write sysctl data.
PARAMETERS
variable
The name of a key to read from.  An  example  is    kernel.ostype.
The ’/’ separator is also accepted in place of a ’.’.
variable=value
To set a key, use the form variable=value, where variable is the
key and value is the value to set it to.    If the value  contains
quotes or characters which are parsed by the shell, you may need
to enclose the value in double quotes.   This  requires  the  -w
parameter to use.
-n     Use  this option to disable printing of the key name when print-
ing values.
-e     Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys.
-N     Use this option to only print the names. It may be  useful  with
shells that have programmable completion.
-q     Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.
-w     Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting.
-p     Load   in      sysctl   settings   from   the   file     specified  or
/etc/sysctl.conf if none given.  Specifying - as filename     means
reading data from standard input.
-a     Display all values currently available.
-A     Display all values currently available in table form.
EXAMPLES
/sbin/sysctl -a
/sbin/sysctl -n kernel.hostname
/sbin/sysctl -w kernel.domainname="example.com"
/sbin/sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
FILES
/proc/sys /etc/sysctl.conf
SEE ALSO
sysctl.conf(5)
BUGS
The -A parameter behaves just as -a does.
AUTHOR
George Staikos,
21 Sep 1999                 SYSCTL(8)