man: document /etc/sysctl.d/

4 files changed, 99 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 4fd3e6257c..349316aa3f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ MANPAGES = \
 	man/locale.conf.5 \
 	man/os-release.5 \
 	man/modules-load.d.5 \
-        man/binfmt.d.5
+        man/binfmt.d.5 \
+        man/sysctl.d.5
 
 MANPAGES_ALIAS = \
 	man/reboot.8 \
diff --git a/man/binfmt.d.xml b/man/binfmt.d.xml
index d2a0d7932c..64c27554e6 100644
--- a/man/binfmt.d.xml
+++ b/man/binfmt.d.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!--
   This file is part of systemd.
 
-  Copyright 2010 Brandon Philips
+  Copyright 2011 Lennart Poettering
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/man/modules-load.d.xml b/man/modules-load.d.xml
index 31ffd74bb7..34076916da 100644
--- a/man/modules-load.d.xml
+++ b/man/modules-load.d.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!--
   This file is part of systemd.
 
-  Copyright 2010 Brandon Philips
+  Copyright 2011 Lennart Poettering
 
   systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f336dc0dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!--
+  This file is part of systemd.
+
+  Copyright 2011 Lennart Poettering
+
+  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+  General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+<refentry id="sysctl.d">
+
+        <refentryinfo>
+                <title>sysctl.d</title>
+                <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+                <authorgroup>
+                        <author>
+                                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+                                <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+                                <surname>Poettering</surname>
+                                <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+                        </author>
+                </authorgroup>
+        </refentryinfo>
+
+        <refmeta>
+                <refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle>
+                <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+        </refmeta>
+
+        <refnamediv>
+                <refname>sysctl.d</refname>
+                <refpurpose>Configure kernel parameters at boot</refpurpose>
+        </refnamediv>
+
+        <refsynopsisdiv>
+                <para><filename>/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf</filename></para>
+        </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Description</title>
+
+		<para><command>systemd</command> uses
+		<filename>/etc/sysctl.d/</filename> to configure
+		<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+		kernel parameters to load during boot. Each
+		configuration file is named in the style of
+		<filename>/etc/sysctl.d/&lt;program&gt;.conf</filename>.</para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+		<title>Configuration Format</title>
+
+		<para>The configuration files should simply contain a
+		list of variable assignments, separated by
+		newlines. Empty lines and lines whose first
+		non-whitespace character is # or ; are ignored.</para>
+
+                <para>Note that both / and . are accepted as
+                separators in sysctl variable names.</para>
+
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>Example</title>
+                <example>
+                        <title>/etc/sysctl.d/domain-name.conf example:</title>
+
+                        <programlisting># Set kernel YP domain name
+kernel.domainname=example.com</programlisting>
+                </example>
+        </refsect1>
+
+        <refsect1>
+                <title>See Also</title>
+                <para>
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+                        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+                </para>
+        </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>