Hi Just a little patch to correct the load of the sysctl configuration file at startup. I have also added the capability to stip th sysctl.conf files in many files in the sysctl.d directory. This idea was inspired by Debian architecture. Feel free -- keys.gnupg.net: 0xEBCBE59D "J'ai toujours rêvé d'un ordinateur qui soit aussi facile à utiliser qu'un téléphone. Mon rêve s'est réalisé : je ne sais plus comment utiliser mon téléphone." Bjarne Stroustrup ------------ PATCH ----------------------- --- rc.multi.orig 2011-07-28 14:21:07.000000000 +0200 +++ rc.multi 2011-08-12 23:48:23.914340475 +0200 @@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ run_hook multi_start # Load sysctl variables if sysctl.conf is present -[[ -r /etc/sysctl.conf ]] && sysctl -q -p &>/dev/null +for file in /etc/sysctl.conf /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf ; do + [[ -r "${file}" ]] && sysctl -q -p "${file}" &> /dev/null +done +stat_done # Start daemons for daemon in "${DAEMONS[@]}"; do ------------------------------------------