Re: OS X Kernel settings

From: Guido Neitzer <lists(at)event-s(dot)net>
To: Jamie Deppeler <jamie(at)doitonce(dot)net(dot)au>
Cc: Postgresql General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: OS X Kernel settings
Date: 2007-04-04 14:07:20
Message-ID: ECE30542-4B80-4724-9EC9-524AC30F3958@event-s.net
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On 03.04.2007, at 23:00, Jamie Deppeler wrote:

> Is it possible to set shared memory settings on the fly in OS X
> like you can in Linux e.g. sysctl -w kernel.shmmax=134217728

If this wasn't changed recently - no you can't.

If you use /etc/sysctl.conf make sure it is loaded in /etc/rc before
the values are set in there. I'm not sure whether Apple has fixed the
bug in the startup script, where the external file was referred AFTER
the values where set. And when they are set, they are final ...

cug

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