[Bug 1076331] [NEW] sysctl does not accept key value pairs with spaces, but perhaps should

[Jason Spashett]

Public bug reported:


For example, the config files in /etc/sysctl.conf have spaces between
name and value pairs

The problem is that the values probably get played into sysctl -w
somehow

sysctl does not seem to accept name value pairs with spaces, yet it
displayes them with spaces via sysctl -a

e.g.

sysctl -w vm.swappiness = 100 (won't work)
sysctl -w vm.swappiness=100 (works)

The existing files in /etc/sysctl.conf all seem to have spaces in thier
settings, as if sysctl -a output was used to generate them.

probably sysctl should be modified to be more consistent / less
confusing / error prone.

** Affects: procps (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  sysctl does not accept key value pairs with spaces, but perhaps should

Status in “procps” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:

  For example, the config files in /etc/sysctl.conf have spaces between
  name and value pairs

  The problem is that the values probably get played into sysctl -w
  somehow

  sysctl does not seem to accept name value pairs with spaces, yet it
  displayes them with spaces via sysctl -a

  e.g.

  sysctl -w vm.swappiness = 100 (won't work)
  sysctl -w vm.swappiness=100 (works)

  The existing files in /etc/sysctl.conf all seem to have spaces in
  thier settings, as if sysctl -a output was used to generate them.

  probably sysctl should be modified to be more consistent / less
  confusing / error prone.

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