Sysctl
Welcome to  Sysctl.
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| Kernel Competence | ||
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| Sysctl | Kldstat | Third-party Kernel Modules |
| Kernel Modules | FreeBSD Ports: Kld | Kenv |
| Compiling a new GhostBSD kernel | ||
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Introduction
The sysctl utility retrieves kernel state and allows processes with appropriate privilege to set kernel state. The state to be retrieved or set is described using a “Management Information Base” (“MIB”) style name, described as a dotted set of components.
The information available from sysctl consists of integers, strings, and opaque types. The sysctl utility only knows about a couple of opaque types, and will resort to hexdumps for the rest. The opaque information is much more useful if retrieved by special purpose programs such as ps(1), systat(1), and netstat(1).
Some of the variables which cannot be modified during normal system operation can be initialized via loader(8) tunables. This can for example be done by setting them in loader.conf(5). Please refer to loader.conf(5) for more information on which tunables are available and how to set them.
Usage
The following list is only an excerpt.
Use sysctl plus the following NAME
| NAME | Description |
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| kern.ostype | FreeBSD |
| kern.osrelease | 12.1-STABLE |
| kern.osrevision | 199506 |
| kern.osreldate | 1201512 You get the same result with the command: uname -U |
| kern.version | FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE GENERIC |
| kern.hostname | slughorn.ghostbsd-pc.home |
| kern.clockrate | { hz = 1000, tick = 1000, profhz = 8128, stathz = 127 |
| kern.boottime | Fri Feb 21 18:58:27 2020 (example) |
| kern.bootfile | /boot/kernel/kernel |
| kern.corefile | %N.core |
| kern.logsigexit | 1 |
| security.bsd.suser_enabled | 1 |
| security.bsd.see_other_uids | 1 |
| security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug | 1 |
| security.bsd.unprivileged_read_msgbuf | 1 |
| vm.loadavg | { 0,59 0,52 0,54 } |
| hw.machine | amd64 |
| hw.model | AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ |
| hw.ncpu | 2 |
| hw.byteorder | 1234 |
| hw.physmem | 3972182016 |
| hw.usermem | 3445424128 |
| hw.machine_arch | amd64 |
| hw.realmem | 4294967296 |
| user.cs_path | /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin |
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