> On Jul 20, 2017, at 6:35 AM, BARDOU Pierre <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to make sysctl re-read its conf file, or even another file,
> like sysctl -p does on linux systems ?
> Supporting this option would be nice, as it is used by the sysctl module of
> ansible.
Here's the script we call (ansible handler, or as an rdist 'special') whenever
we push a new sysctl.conf. It's the same code the system runs at boot time,
lifted out into a standalone script.
#!/bin/sh
# sysctlreload: apply sysctl.conf(5) settings.
# Strip in- and whole-line comments from a file.
# Strip leading and trailing whitespace if IFS is set.
# Usage: stripcom /path/to/file
stripcom() {
local _file=$1 _line
[[ -s $_file ]] || return
while read _line ; do
_line=${_line%%#*}
[[ -n $_line ]] && print -r -- "$_line"
done <$_file
}
stripcom /etc/sysctl.conf |
while read _line; do
sysctl "$_line"
done
