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List:       redhat-devel
Subject:    Re: /etc/sysctl.conf...
From:       James Olin Oden <joden () lee ! k12 ! nc ! us>
Date:       2002-08-12 19:16:05
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> James Olin Oden (joden@lee.k12.nc.us) said: 
> > I noticed today that /etc/sysctl.conf actually gets ran twice.  Once
> > in /etc/rd.d/rc.sysinit and once in /etc/init.d/network.  Why is this?
> > Is this a bug?   
> 
> No, it's so 'service network restart' does the right thing if you
> change settings.
>
I see.  By doing this, then if you want any sysctl settings to be safe
across a restart of the network stuff, then you had better put them in the
sysctl.conf file, and not have say some RC script or other program make
these changes.   

...james



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