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32 .Nd kernel state defaults
36 file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default
37 settings for the kernel.
40 file is in the format of the
43 .Bd -literal -offset indent
47 Comments are denoted by a
49 at the beginning of a line.
50 Comments can also exist at the end of a line,
55 .Bl -tag -width /etc/rc.d/sysctl_lastload -compact
56 .It Pa /etc/rc.d/sysctl
58 script which processes
60 early on in the process of transitioning to multi-user mode.
61 .It Pa /etc/rc.d/sysctl_lastload
63 script which processes
65 shortly before the system reaches the multi-user mode.
66 .It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
69 .It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf.local
70 Machine-specific settings for sites with a common
71 .Pa /etc/sysctl.conf .
74 To turn off logging of programs that exit due to fatal signals you may use
76 .Bd -literal -offset indent
78 kern.logsigexit=0 # Do not log fatal signal exits (e.g., sig 11)
90 If loadable kernel modules are used to introduce additional kernel
91 functionality and sysctls to manage that functionality,
93 may be processed too early in the boot process to set those sysctls.
96 to learn more about the ordering of