Re: [HTCondor-users] why does htcondor change sysctl params, and why is this done outside of /etc/sysctl.{d, conf} ?

[Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 01/14/2016 01:54 PM, Rich Pieri wrote:
> On 1/14/16 2:01 PM, Michael V Pelletier wrote:
>> As of RHEL/CentOS 6.7, at least, the sysctl command does support 
>> /etc/sysctl.d,
>> it's just that the directory is not created by default.
> 
> Yes. And since it does not exist by default it is not standard on RHEL
> and its derivatives. It's a local or site customization.

Uhm.

> $ ls -l /etc/sysctl.d
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 22 17:16 99-sysctl.conf -> ../sysctl.conf
> $ cat /etc/redhat-release
> CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)
> $

On another host

> $ ls -l /etc/sysctl.d
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 499 Dec 15 09:32 libvirtd
> $ cat /etc/redhat-release
> CentOS release 6.7 (Final)
> $

Since I have not created anywhere, it's all stock centos, I have to ask:
it does not exist on which exactly "standard RHEL and its derivatives"?

-- 
Dimitri Maziuk
Programmer/sysadmin
BioMagResBank, UW-Madison -- http://www.bmrb.wisc.edu

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