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From b1b5f4625bda683871e8120d2c7b4a59b3ad3951 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>
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Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:24:11 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] man: document the new sysctl.d/ - prefix
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(cherry picked from commit e08be64937293e3aa8adb08048497520d58445c6)
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Related: #2037807
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---
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man/sysctl.d.xml | 4 ++++
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml
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index 7c8fde0dba..61820f2c4b 100644
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--- a/man/sysctl.d.xml
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+++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml
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@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
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<filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding</filename>.
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</para>
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+ <para>If a variable assignment is prefixed with a single <literal>-</literal> character, any attempts to
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+ set it that fail will be ignored (though are logged). Moreover, any access permission errors, and
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+ attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are ignored (and logged) too.</para>
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+
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<para>The settings configured with <filename>sysctl.d</filename>
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files will be applied early on boot. The network
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interface-specific options will also be applied individually for
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