From 2636cd54e1bfa5527ca6be63f970abf208f73245 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Rybar Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:09:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] sysctl.conf - Adds new NOTES section to manpage with info about all modifiable variables --- sysctl.conf.5 | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/sysctl.conf.5 b/sysctl.conf.5 index d24f7056..0cb2078c 100644 --- a/sysctl.conf.5 +++ b/sysctl.conf.5 @@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ token = value Note that blank lines are ignored, and whitespace before and after a token or value is ignored, although a value can contain whitespace within. Lines which begin with a # or ; are considered comments and ignored. +.SH NOTES +As the +.BR /etc/sysctl.conf +file is used to override default kernel parameter values, only a small number of parameters is predefined in the file. +Use +.IR /sbin/sysctl\ \-a +to list all possible parameters. The description of individual parameters can be found in the kernel documentation. .SH EXAMPLE .RS .sp From c355ba314730a477bc9794dca5ca94f2d31ddcc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Rybar Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:02:47 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] NOTES now contain mention of sysctl(8) --- sysctl.conf.5 | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/sysctl.conf.5 b/sysctl.conf.5 index 0cb2078c..c51f8ffd 100644 --- a/sysctl.conf.5 +++ b/sysctl.conf.5 @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ As the file is used to override default kernel parameter values, only a small number of parameters is predefined in the file. Use .IR /sbin/sysctl\ \-a +or follow +.BR sysctl (8) to list all possible parameters. The description of individual parameters can be found in the kernel documentation. .SH EXAMPLE .RS