Changing Linux Kernel Parameter without rebooting box.

[Gulam Mohiuddin]

I did following commands to change Linux (RHEL AS 4.0 32-bit) Kernel Parameters to take effect without rebooting the Server.

echo "kernel.sem=1250 256000 128 1024" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf

Is it correct?

How to make sure those changes are in effect?

Thanks,

Gulam.

[Court Campbell]

cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem

[skt_skt]

# sysctl -a|grep -i sem
kernel.sem = 250 32000 32 128

[rajdev]

Hi,

What you did is correct, its working in my system.

Try to put the values directly to /proc/sys/kernel/sem

echo "1250 256000 128 1024" > /proc/sys/kernel/sem
[ but this will not survive a reboot !!]

then check
sysctl -a |grep sem

if the value is still old, then there is some other issues.

Regards,
RD

[Andrew Cowan]

The easiest way to survive a reboot is to add the value to "/etc/sysctl.conf" or to add the statement to "/etc/rc.local".

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

All current kernel values are written to the /proc/sys/kernel directory.

To see if an in the fly change has been effected check there.

sysctl -a

SEP