Re: looks like apple fixed /etc/rc

Are they still running on the default PostgreSQL port number for their
remote administration tool?

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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> That's interesting. On my powerbook, I had to comment out the sysctl -w
> kern.sysv.shmmax line in /etc/rc. It appears that you can shrink shmmax
> but not expand it. This meant that it would properly set it based on
> /etc/syscttl.conf, but that (large) setting would then be over-written
> by the subsiquent sysctl -w.
>
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:39:55AM -0700, Theodore Petrosky wrote:
> > I just updated to 10.3.9 and of course the /etc/rc was
> > dinged. I opened the /etc/rc and found a change..
> >
> > # System tuning
> > sysctl -w kern.maxvnodes=$(echo $(sysctl -n
> > hw.physmem) '33554432 / 512 * 1024 +p'|dc)
> > if [ -f /etc/sysctl-macosxserver.conf ]; then
> >         awk '{ if (!index($1, "#") && index($1, "="))
> > print $1 }' < /etc/sysctl-macosxserver.conf | while
> > read
> >         do
> >                 sysctl -w ${REPLY}
> >         done
> > fi
> >
> > if [ -f /etc/sysctl.conf ]; then
> >         awk '{ if (!index($1, "#") && index($1, "="))
> > print $1 }' < /etc/sysctl.conf | while read
> >         do
> >                 sysctl -w ${REPLY}
> >         done
> > fi
> >
> > sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmax=4194304
> > sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmin=1
> > sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmni=32
> > sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmseg=8
> > sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall=1024
> >
> > It appears that apple is checking for etc/sysctl.conf
> > before setting the sysctl values. so I created a
> > etc/sysctl.conf with this inside:
> >
> > kern.sysv.shmmax=33554432
> > kern.sysv.shmmin=1
> > kern.sysv.shmmni=32
> > kern.sysv.shmseg=8
> > kern.sysv.shmall=65536
> >
> > I did not alter /etc/rc. postgresql starts up just
> > fine. I hope this implys that the issue is resolved..
> >
> > Ted
> >
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