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Old 3rd June 2015
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Default what happened to /etc/sysctl.conf?

Does anyone know what happened to the /etc/sysctl.conf file? I am trying to set this 5.7 box up as a forwarding gateway bit the file doesn't exist???

http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.c...l%2econf&sec=5

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It's in /etc/examples -- you'll find a number of provisioning files moved there. This happened at 5.6.
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The purpose of the change is discussed within this OpenBSD Journal article.
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Thanks again jggimi
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