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<refentry id="systemd-sysctl.service"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<refentryinfo>
<title>systemd-sysctl.service</title>
<productname>systemd</productname>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<contrib>Developer</contrib>
<firstname>Lennart</firstname>
<surname>Poettering</surname>
<email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
</author>
</authorgroup>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>systemd-sysctl.service</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>systemd-sysctl.service</refname>
<refname>systemd-sysctl</refname>
<refpurpose>Configure kernel parameters at boot</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-sysctl</command>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
<arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>CONFIGFILE</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<para><filename>systemd-sysctl.service</filename></para>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para><filename>systemd-sysctl.service</filename> is an early-boot
service that configures
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
kernel parameters.</para>
<para>If invoked with no arguments, it applies all directives from
all configuration files in
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
are searched for a matching file. If one or more filenames are passed on
the command line, only the directives in these files are applied.
</para>
<para>See
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
for information about the configuration of this service.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Options</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id='path'>
<term><option>--path=</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>Only apply rules with the specified prefix.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl.d</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>