Changing the Kernel

[James McDonald]

Dirk Moolman wrote:
>> /etc/sysctl.conf
>>
>>
>> Also found some references to the sysctl command:
>>
>> sysctl -a   (listing kernel values)
>> sysctl -p   (updating kernel using /etc/sysctl.conf)
>>
>>     
awesome I have never had a need to look at sysctl ... but now that you 
mention it ... It seems I have been tweaking kernel parms using other 
methods.

eg. echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward is the same as sysctl 
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1