systemd-sysctl.service

systemd
Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net
systemd-sysctl.service 8
systemd-sysctl.service systemd-sysctl Configure kernel parameters at boot
`/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl` OPTIONS CONFIGFILE

`systemd-sysctl.service`

## Description

`systemd-sysctl.service` is an early boot service that configures sysctl 8 kernel parameters by invoking `/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl`.

When invoked with no arguments, `/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl` applies all directives from configuration files listed in sysctl.d 5. If one or more filenames are passed on the command line, only the directives in these files are applied.

In addition, `--prefix=` option may be used to limit which sysctl settings are applied.

See sysctl.d 5 for information about the configuration of sysctl settings. After sysctl configuration is changed on disk, it must be written to the files in `/proc/sys` before it takes effect. It is possible to update specific settings, or simply to reload all configuration, see Examples below.

## Options

`--prefix=`

  Only apply rules with the specified prefix.

## Examples

Reset all sysctl settings

    systemctl restart systemd-sysctl

View coredump handler configuration

    # sysctl kernel.core_pattern
    kernel.core_pattern = |/usr/libexec/abrt-hook-ccpp %s %c %p %u %g %t %P %I

Update coredump handler configuration

    # /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl --prefix kernel.core_pattern

This searches all the directories listed in sysctl.d 5 for configuration files and writes `/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern`.

Update coredump handler configuration according to a specific file

    # /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl 50-coredump.conf

This applies all the settings found in `50-coredump.conf`. Either `/etc/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf`, or `/run/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf`, or `/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-coredump.conf` will be used, in the order of preference.

See sysctl 8 for various ways to directly apply sysctl settings.

## See Also

systemd 1, sysctl.d 5, sysctl 8,