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Root sysctl app

If this is the app I'm thinking of (I don't see what else it could be) it's a gui for the normal sysctl command, which will modify kernel parameters in /proc/sys. Do you understand what that means? Here is some information on it. The app is sort of redundant, as you can do these things without it (just not as simply, if you're not familiar with it). Make note of the fact that this app does not seem to have the ability change all values, and is limited to procfs (sys under /proc). There are many other things just like this (kernel parameters) that can be set either at boot or on the fly under /sys. Some apps will modify things under there without you even noticing (anything that changes your cpu frequency, for example). You can also modify these things manually. Just something to think about.
 
thanks for the info. yeah that makes sense. I havent been able to find anything on this app...anywhere.

in your opinion is this app, or manually modifying kernel parameters, useful or needed?
 
Well, go ahead and run this from the terminal:

sysctl -a

You can see how many different things you can set. The app doesn't have all that many options, if I'm not mistaken. That being said, you shouldn't change anything if you don't know what it does. Take a look at that one link above, and you'll see that some of those things are configurable from the app. It's up to you to decide if you think it's worth it, but make a backup, first. As for things in /sys, you usually change those things on purpose, or don't even realize you're changing them. That can't be done from that app, I don't think, so you'd probably only do that if you meant to. You usually use init scripts for that kind of thing.
 
lol...I dont know whats up with my terminal.
I am getting "permission denied". :mad:
terminal is allowed according to my superuser app. not sure why this is happening. I had to delete it and reboot and re-install it yesterday in order to get it working again.....hmmm :confused:
 
Do you see it anywhere in your deny list? I don't think you need su to run sysctl -a (it's a read only operation at this point), but we'll definitely want to figure out what's up with the terminal (and/or superuser).
 
ok...figured out the issue with my terminal (or least I think I did)...the problem is me! lol :o
as stated in another one of my current threads, I forgot to include spaces in the command line.
I threw in the proper letter spacing and your right, a whole list of settings popped up.
very interesting, but I think your right. No need to change stuff I havent a clue about..(at least not yet) :D

..thanks!
 
i would have suggesting the spacing issue here but permission denied is not the error i would have expected, would have expected a not found error or something along those of no such command...
 
Yeah, it sounds like you're having an issue with superuser. Permission denied means that you don't have rights to run something. "Not found" means that you typed the wrong command, or what you're trying to run doesn't exist.
 
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