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+.\" $NetBSD: sysctl.conf.5,v 1.3 2009/05/13 22:57:34 wiz Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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+.\"
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+.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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+.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.Dd October 4, 2007
+.Dt SYSCTL.CONF 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm sysctl.conf
+.Nd sysctl configuration file
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+file defines the
+.Xr sysctl 7
+kernel state tunables that can be set at boot time using
+.Xr sysctl 8
+(using the
+.Fl f
+switch)
+via the
+.Pa /etc/rc.d/sysctl
+startup script.
+.Pp
+The state to be set is described using a
+.Dq Management Information Base
+.Pq Dq MIB
+style name.
+The MIB and value must be separated by
+.Sq =
+with no whitespace, for example:
+.Pp
+.Ar name Ns Li = Ns Ar value
+.Pp
+Blank lines, lines with just
+.Ar name ,
+and comments (beginning with
+.Sq # )
+are ignored.
+Line continuations using backslash
+.Sq \e
+are permitted.
+Only integral and string values can be set.
+.\"
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/sysctl.conf -compact
+.It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
+The file
+.Nm
+resides in
+.Pa /etc .
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following is an example
+.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
+file:
+.Pp
+.Bd -literal
+# Change max open files
+kern.maxfiles=1792
+
+# Run Veriexec in IDS mode
+kern.veriexec.strict=1
+
+# Enable IP packet forwarding
+net.inet.ip.forwarding=1
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sysctl 3 ,
+.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
+.Xr sysctl 7 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8
+.Sh HISTORY
+Support for
+.Nm
+first appeared in
+.Nx 1.5 .