CentOS - Aug 2013 - Looking for a tutorial or manpage describing sysctl params

Hi,
I'm looking for a toturial or manpage describing all the thing that you
can set with sysctl on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6.
It apperas the the default /etc/sysctl.conf coming with the distribution
gives a couple of errors on bridgen.
Any hints???

	Adrian



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adrian at pa0rda.nl wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm looking for a toturial or manpage describing all the thing that you
> can set with sysctl on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6.
> It apperas the the default /etc/sysctl.conf coming with the distribution
> gives a couple of errors on bridgen.
> Any hints???
Sure.

Hint 1.  Find what rpm package installed the file.
rpm -qf /etc/sysctl.conf

Hint 2.  Find out what documentation came with that package.
rpm -qd initscripts

Hint 3.  See if you can find anything in those files.
(I didn't).

Hint 4.  Search for "linux sysctl howto"
(Reading a few pages let me know that it won't be a simple
webpage with all the answers.)

Hint 5.  Search for "linux sysctl parameters"
(One hit looks pretty good.  Read it for advice.)
http://archive09.linux.com/feature/146599

Hint 6.  Search for "linux sysctl bridgen"
Have fun!

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On 24.Aug.2013, at 11:57, adrian at pa0rda.nl wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm looking for a toturial or manpage describing all the thing that you
> can set with sysctl on RHEL 6 or CentOS 6.
> It apperas the the default /etc/sysctl.conf coming with the distribution
> gives a couple of errors on bridgen.
$ sysctl -a
gives you a list of all things you can set

Besides google or similar, documentation for these things are in the
documentation for the kernel
install the kernel-doc package
you can get a list of possibly interesting files (although this list may be not
comprehensive, I do not know) with

$ rpm -ql kernel-doc|grep sysctl

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