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Newer page: version 6 Last edited on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:47:09 pm by IanMcDonald
Older page: version 5 Last edited on Monday, October 18, 2004 5:08:27 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
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-This page describes the various [Linux] SysControls and what they do. 
+This page describes some [Linux] SysControls and what they do. 
  
-SysControls can be viewed/edited via the sysctl(8) command, or via <tt>/proc/sys/</tt>. Therefore, <tt>sysctl foo.bar</tt> is equivalent to <tt>cat /proc/sys/foo/bar</tt>. 
+SysControls can be viewed/edited via the [ sysctl(8)] command, or via <tt>/proc/sys/</tt>. Therefore, <tt>sysctl foo.bar</tt> is equivalent to <tt>cat /proc/sys/foo/bar</tt>. 
  
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  How many times to send a [SYN] packet before giving up on a connection. 
  
  __inet.ipv4.tcp_retrans_collapse__ (1):: 
  Whether retransmissions should be sent as full sized packets. Presumably works around some [TCP] implementation bugs. 
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+See also SysctlNotes