On 20 Nov 2002, Neil Conway wrote: > However, the FreeBSD box I'm playing with isn't mine, so I'm not too > keen to change sysctls (well, that and I don't have root :-) ). Would > a kind BSD user confirm that: > > (a) the sysctls above *can* be used to change kernel shared > memory settings, and the default value of the sysctl is > the kernel option referred to in the docs. > > (b) do the above sysctls work on NetBSD and OpenBSD as well?
A quick look at OpenBSD 3.2 (man 3 sysctl) appears to show that all you can do at runtime is enable/disable message queues, shared memory, and semaphores, not adjust buffer counts or sizes. It seems the kernel must still be recompiled with the desired new settings. Jon ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
