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stefantalpalaru on June 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: PostgreSQL when it is not your job

Try this strategy instead of using sysctl to set individual values: - edit /etc/sysctl.conf - run "sysctl -p"

james4k on June 6, 2012 [–]

Yes, definitely. I just learned about -p recently, and had been editing the config AND running sysctl -w for way too long.

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