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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+<refentry id="systemd-sysctl.service"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-sysctl.service</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-sysctl.service</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-sysctl.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-sysctl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Configure kernel parameters at boot</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ <para><filename>systemd-sysctl.service</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-sysctl.service</filename> is an early boot
+ service that configures
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ kernel parameters by invoking <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>When invoked with no arguments, <command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl</command> applies
+ all directives from configuration files listed in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ If one or more filenames are passed on the command line, only the directives in these files are
+ applied.</para>
+
+ <para>In addition, <option>--prefix=</option> option may be used to limit which sysctl
+ settings are applied.</para>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for information about the configuration of sysctl settings. After sysctl configuration is
+ changed on disk, it must be written to the files in <filename>/proc/sys/</filename> before it
+ takes effect. It is possible to update specific settings, or simply to reload all configuration,
+ see Examples below.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1><title>Options</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry id='prefix'>
+ <term><option>--prefix=</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Only apply rules with the specified prefix.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id='strict'>
+ <term><option>--strict=</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Always return non-zero exit code on failure (including invalid sysctl variable
+ name and insufficient permissions), unless the sysctl variable name is prefixed with a "-"
+ character.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v252"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="cat-config" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="tldr" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Credentials</title>
+
+ <para><command>systemd-sysctl</command> supports the service credentials logic as implemented by
+ <varname>ImportCredential=</varname>/<varname>LoadCredential=</varname>/<varname>SetCredential=</varname>
+ (see <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.exec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details). The following credentials are used when passed in:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='system-credentials'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>sysctl.extra</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>The contents of this credential may contain additional lines to operate on. The
+ credential contents should follow the same format as any other <filename>sysctl.d/</filename> drop-in
+ configuration file. If this credential is passed it is processed after all of the drop-in files read
+ from the file system. The settings configured in the credential hence take precedence over those in
+ the file system.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v252"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>Note that by default the <filename>systemd-sysctl.service</filename> unit file is set up to inherit
+ the <literal>sysctl.extra</literal> credential from the service manager.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Reset all sysctl settings</title>
+
+ <programlisting>systemctl restart systemd-sysctl</programlisting>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>View coredump handler configuration</title>
+
+ <programlisting># sysctl kernel.core_pattern
+kernel.core_pattern = |/usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp %s %c %p %u %g %t %P %I
+</programlisting>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Update coredump handler configuration</title>
+
+ <programlisting># /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl --prefix kernel.core_pattern</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This searches all the directories listed in
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for configuration files and writes <filename>/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern</filename>.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Update coredump handler configuration according to a specific file</title>
+
+ <programlisting># /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl 50-coredump.conf</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This applies all the settings found in <filename>50-coredump.conf</filename>.
+ Either <filename>/etc/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf</filename>, or
+ <filename>/run/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf</filename>, or
+ <filename>/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf</filename> will be used, in the order
+ of preference.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for various ways to directly apply sysctl settings.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>