On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> Also, if sb_max is to remain a read/write sysctl we'll need to cap
> it so that kern.ipc.maxsockbuf is always true and we don't allow
> sysadmins to shoot thier feet by scaling it too high or low, the
> only problem is that I can't for the life of me figure out the
> magic to keep sb_max (kern.ipc.maxsockbuf) as a ulong (which it
> should be, instead of an int) as well as provide a filtering
> function.
> 

  You'de have to use SYSCTL_PROC with a fmt of "LU". Just let the handler do
the sanity checking on sysctl writes.

  Kelly

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