/etc/sysctl.conf
Initial settings for sysctl(8).
sysctl.conf5
Kernel state defaults
Overview
The /etc/sysctl.conf file is read in when the system goes into multi-user mode to set default settings for the kernel. The /etc/sysctl.conf is in the format of the sysctl(8) command, i.e.
sysctl_mib=value
Comments are denoted by a “#” at the beginning of a line.
Files
Examples
To disable coredumps, you may use a configuration like:
# Disable coredumps. kern.coredump=0
Releases
115 releases since Mac OS X 10.5; the text changed 1 time.