All you need to know about /proc/sys - manipulate a running kernel

Posted by j00p34 on Mar 5, 2010 10:11 PM EDT
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The /proc/sys directory in the /proc virtual filesytem contains a lot of useful and interesting files and directories. Many kernel settings can be manipulated by writing to files in the proc filesystem. A lot of important information can be retrieved from these files. This is especially useful when you are troubleshooting or fine tuning your linux system. Following is a description of the most important files.

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