Deprecation of /etc/sysctl.conf

karol · 2013-09-18 13:35:37

I get only these two lines. I'm using just the systemd's journal, my /var/log/messages.log is empty.

WorMzy · 2013-09-18 14:00:11

It seems unusual that you're getting two warnings about the same file, but I don't think that's a problem worth losing sleep over.

I was under the impression that you were getting the flooding that kokoko3k described.

karol · 2013-09-18 14:01:30

WorMzy wrote:

It seems unusual that you're getting two warnings about the same file, but I don't think that's a problem worth losing sleep over.
I was under the impression that you were getting the flooding that kokoko3k described.

I've always got just two lines: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p1326098 and I still get them with systemd 207.

cfr · 2013-09-18 21:06:01

kokoko3k wrote:

#  grep sysrq /usr/lib/sysctl.d/* /etc/sysctl.d/*
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf:kernel.sysrq = 16
/etc/sysctl.d/50-default.conf:kernel.sysrq = 1
Seems to be fine now
so the message in homepage:
pacman -Syu
mv /etc/sysctl.conf.pacsave /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf
should be:
pacman -Syu
mv /etc/sysctl.conf.pacsave /etc/sysctl.d/50-default.conf

No: the message on the home page is correct. This is not a good solution unless you know you want to overwrite all settings in /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf, including all future settings. If the default file is updated, you will need to check if you need to make changes. Moreover, you will need to monitor the default configuration file for changes because pacman will never warn you about it.

karol · 2013-09-18 21:16:08

There's no /etc/sysctl.d/50-default.conf file. No package owns this file.
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf is a different file.

cfr · 2013-09-18 21:19:21

Yes. But if you create /etc/sysctl.d/50-default.conf rather than /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf, you will effectively mask /usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf.

WonderWoofy · 2013-09-18 22:02:17

cfr is right, the sysctl.d stuff works like systemd units. The stuff in /etc/sysctl.d takes priority over the files in /usr/lib/sysctl.d if the files have the same name.

karol · 2013-09-18 22:33:39

I must have misread 'man sysctl.d'. I only though about priorities, I didn't think the files will be masked completely e.g. there's no 'Overwriting earlier assignment' messages if I create /etc/sysctl.d/50-default.conf.

Thanks cfr and WonderWoofy.

kokoko3k · 2013-09-20 08:10:56

Any hope to UNmark this thread as SOLVED?
Log flooding or completely overwrite a bunch of values just to save one doesn't look as an acceptable solution to me...

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