Subject: Re: checking
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/25/1999 15:22:09
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 itojun@iijlab.net wrote:

> 	Due to my IPv6 changes, /etc/netstart requires /usr to be mounted.
> 	This is because I used sysctl to check for IPv6 support.

I've run in to other situations where I wanted sysctl early, too.
(E.g., to be able to do a sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=0 on a
firewall before I bring up any interfaces.) Perhaps sysctl should
be moved to /sbin?

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cjs
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