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author | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2019-07-26 15:01:36 +0200 |
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committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2019-07-26 15:01:36 +0200 |
commit | 1774d03fb2bf7734b4c56c1a53b536b623804082 (patch) | |
tree | 32917763a8a25a9069a6707d94818770d531caa2 /man/sysctl.d.xml | |
parent | 6304fec37cdd3a892ec22b1358b0b4b31f58f84c (diff) | |
download | systemd-1774d03fb2bf7734b4c56c1a53b536b623804082.tar.gz |
man: reword description of "-" for sysctl.d
Follow-up for e08be64937.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/sysctl.d.xml')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/sysctl.d.xml b/man/sysctl.d.xml index 21ef6de97c..4932948178 100644 --- a/man/sysctl.d.xml +++ b/man/sysctl.d.xml @@ -59,9 +59,11 @@ <filename>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/enp3s0.200/forwarding</filename>. </para> - <para>If a variable assignment is prefixed with a single <literal>-</literal> character, any attempts to - set it that fail will be ignored (though are logged). Moreover, any access permission errors, and - attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are ignored (and logged) too.</para> + <para>Any access permission errors and attempts to write variables not defined on the local system are + logged, but do not cause the the service to fail. Moreover, if a variable assignment is prefixed with a + single <literal>-</literal> character, failure to set the variable will be logged, but will not cause the + service to fail. All other errors when setting variables cause the service to return failure at the end + (other variables are still processed).</para> <para>The settings configured with <filename>sysctl.d</filename> files will be applied early on boot. The network |