Re: How to PERMANENTLY set semaphores in Linux - Suse Personal Edition 8.2?

linuxquestion_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Edit /etc/sysctl.conf
> add/change: kernel.shmmax=2147483648
>
> sysctl -p
> kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
>
> cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
> 2147483648
>
> Edit the file, /etc/init.d/boot.local and add:
> sysctl -p

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>
> Does anyone have any more ideas on how to set the
> shmmax at boot time?

I'm not familiar with SuSe but I think there should be an rc.local file that is run during the system boot.

If you want to set it to "2147483648" then do it like this.

Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local and add the line below to the end of it.

/sbin/sysctl -p

Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add the line below.

kernel.shmmax = 2147483648

Then run "/sbin/sysctl -p" to update /proc without rebooting. That should cause it run and update /proc during system boot.

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