Re: Sysctl re-deprecated!

[Scott Lovenberg <scott.lovenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rene Herman wrote:
> On 29-04-08 08:42, Scott Lovenberg wrote:
>
> > Scott Lovenberg wrote:
> > > Rene Herman wrote:
>
> > > > The "proper" way of setting sysctl's is in fact though the sysctl 
> > > > program:
> > > >
> > > > # sysctl kernel.randomize_va_space=0
> > > >
> > > > but hey...
> > > Actually, I think sysctl is deprecated and on its way out.  I'd 
> > > better double check that.  I think the general consensus was that 
> > > there was no need for it since you can just echo in arguments.  
> > > Maybe Red Hat is deprecating it and I'm thinking it's everyone.  
> > > I'll get back to you guys on this in a few hours.
> > HAHA! Found it.  LWN Article reproduced here just in case the article 
> > moves in the future:
> >
> >   Re-deprecating sysctl()
> >
> > By *Jonathan Corbet*
> > August 29, 2007
> > The sysctl() system call allows a suitably-privileged application to
>
> That's the binary sysctl interface, the sysctl(2) system call. The 
> sysctl(8) _program_ though just uses /proc/sys as its interface.
>
> Well, my version does at least:
>
> # sysctl --version
> sysctl (procps version 3.2.7)
>
> strace yours to make vewy, vewy sure but as far as I'm aware nothing 
> regular has used the binary interface anymore for years.
>
> So yes, "proper" was in quotes for a reason; it doesn't much matter if 
> it's you or the program that echoes things into /proc/sys, but, again, 
> hey...
>
> Rene.
D'oh!  My misunderstanding.  Thanks for clarifying!

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