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author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2011-04-04 03:48:09 +0200 |
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committer | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2011-04-04 03:48:09 +0200 |
commit | c91faef3b3facfdf13282aee957af25dd555890b (patch) | |
tree | 75194a9e227b0aad595e06ac799ed195e4a5de0b /man/sysctl.d.xml | |
parent | 151b190e79e64824552e01849352ca8f6ac7dedb (diff) |
man: document /etc/sysctl.d/
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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/<program>.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> |