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+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Chris Costello <chris@FreeBSD.org>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\" 
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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+.\" 
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\" 
+.Dd December 30, 1999
+.Dt SYSCTL.CONF 5
+.Os FreeBSD
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm sysctl.conf
+.Nd Kernel state defaults
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
+file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default
+settings for the kernel.  The
+.Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
+is in the format of the
+.Dq "sysctl -w"
+command, i.e.
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+sysctl_mib=value
+.Ed
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /etc/sysctl.conf -compact
+.It Pa /etc/sysctl.conf
+Initial settings for
+.Xr sysctl 8 .
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+To turn off logging of programs that exit due to fatal signals, as well as
+telling Linux programs that you're running FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE, you may use
+a configuration like
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+kern.logsigexit=0
+compat.linux.osname=FreeBSD
+compat.linux.osrelease=3.4-STABLE
+.Ed
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
+.Xr rc 8 ,
+.Xr sysctl 8 ,