Tom Diehl on 18 Oct 2003 20:25:03 -0400


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[PLUG] Re: Persistent Kernel Params


On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Bill Patterson wrote:

> I am trying to get my kernel parameters in RH9 Linux to remain following
> reboots.  I enter such expressions as 
> 
> echo "268435456" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

changes like this are never persistant. A reboot resets it to either the defaults
or what is set in /etc/sysctl.

> But following reboot the parameters revert to previous values.  What am
> I doing wrong?

You need to add it to /etc/sysctl. man sysctl.conf for more info.

HTH,

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