On 17 Feb 2000 22:02:46 GMT 
 tsarna@endicor.com (Ty Sarna) wrote:

 > Perhaps there should be a file /etc/sysctl.conf that is run from rc if
 > it exists:
 > 
 > 	# Turn off timestamp option
 > 	net.inet.tcp.rfc1323 = 0
 > 
 > 	# Let users mount filesystems
 > 	vfs.generic.allowusermount = 1
 > 
 > 	...
 > 
 > ?
 > 
 > It could either be parsed by rc with sh magic and fed variable by
 > variable to "sysctl -w", or sysctl could grow a '-f file' option.

that would be really cool :-)

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>