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33 .Nd kernel state defaults
37 file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default
38 settings for the kernel. The
40 is in the format of the
43 .Bd -literal -offset indent
47 Comments are denoted by a
49 at the beginning of a line. Comments can also exist at the end of a line,
54 .Bl -tag -width /etc/sysctl.conf -compact
55 .It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
60 To turn off logging of programs that exit due to fatal signals you may use
62 .Bd -literal -offset indent
64 kern.logsigexit=0 # Do not log fatal signal exits (e.g. sig 11)
76 If loadable kernel modules are used to introduce additional kernel
77 functionality and sysctls to manage that functionality,
79 may be processed too early in the boot process to set those sysctls.
80 For example, sysctls to manage the linux emulator cannot be set in
82 if the linux emulator is loaded as a module rather than
83 compiled into the kernel.