SYSCTL - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 8
Updated : 2020-02-27
Source : procps-ng
Note : System Administration

NAMEsysctl − configure kernel parameters at runtime

SYNOPSISsysctl [options] [variable[=value]] [...]
sysctl −p [file or regexp] [...]

DESCRIPTIONsysctl is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available are those listed under /proc/sys/. Procfs is required for sysctl support in Linux. You can use sysctl to both read and write sysctl data.

PARAMETERSvariable  The name of a key to read from. An example is kernel.ostype. The '/' separator is also accepted in place of a '.'. variable=value  To set a key, use the form variable=value where variable is the key and value is the value to set it to. If the value contains quotes or characters which are parsed by the shell, you may need to enclose the value in double quotes. −n, −−values  Use this option to disable printing of the key name when printing values. −e, −−ignore  Use this option to ignore errors about unknown keys. −N, −−names  Use this option to only print the names. It may be useful with shells that have programmable completion. −q, −−quiet  Use this option to not display the values set to stdout. −w, −−write  Use this option when all arguments prescribe a key to be set. −p[FILE], −−load[=FILE]  Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none given. Specifying − as filename means reading data from standard input. Using this option will mean arguments to sysctl are files, which are read in the order they are specified. The file argument may be specified as regular expression. −a, −−all  Display all values currently available. −−deprecated  Include deprecated parameters to −−all values listing. −b, −−binary  Print value without new line. −−system  Load settings from all system configuration files. Files are read from directories in the following list in given order from top to bottom. Once a file of a given filename is loaded, any file of the same name in subsequent directories is ignored.
/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
/run/sysctl.d/*.conf
/usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/etc/sysctl.conf
−r, −−pattern pattern  Only apply settings that match pattern. The pattern uses extended regular expression syntax. −A  Alias of −a −d  Alias of −h −f  Alias of −p −X  Alias of −a −o  Does nothing, exists for BSD compatibility. −x  Does nothing, exists for BSD compatibility. −h, −−help  Display help text and exit. −V, −−version  Display version information and exit.

EXAMPLES/sbin/sysctl −a
/sbin/sysctl −n kernel.hostname
/sbin/sysctl −w kernel.domainname="example.com"
/sbin/sysctl −p/etc/sysctl.conf
/sbin/sysctl −a −−pattern forward
/sbin/sysctl −a −−pattern forward$
/sbin/sysctl −a −−pattern 'net.ipv4.conf.(eth|wlan)0.arp'
/sbin/sysctl −−system −−pattern '^net.ipv6'

DEPRECATED PARAMETERSThe base_reachable_time and retrans_time are deprecated. The sysctl command does not allow changing values of these parameters. Users who insist to use deprecated kernel interfaces should push values to /proc file system by other means. For example: echo 256 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/neigh/eth0/base_reachable_time

FILES/proc/sys
/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
/run/sysctl.d/*.conf
/usr/local/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf
/etc/sysctl.conf

SEE ALSOsysctl.conf(5) regex(7)

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