Robert I am not close to my console, so this is a guess.. What is in your /usr/lib/sysctl.d/00-system.conf file? Rick
On March 14, 2018 7:23:24 AM EDT, "Robert P. J. Day" <rpj...@crashcourse.ca> wrote: > > just noticed something odd ... on my fedora 27 system, the man page >for sysctl reads under PARAMETERS: > > 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. > > hang on ... setting a variable "requires" the -w parameter? that's >explained further down: > > -w, --write > Use this option when you want to change a sysctl setting. > > as i read that, "-w" is *required* to modify a sysctl variable at >run-time, but i tested it with my favourite example: > > # sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=0 > >and that modified that variable just fine with no need for "-w": > > # sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward > net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 > # > >so what exactly is "-w" for? > >rday > >_______________________________________________ >Linux mailing list >Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca >http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
