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<title>Description</title>
- <para><command>systemd</command> uses
- <filename>/etc/sysctl.d/</filename> to configure
+ <para><command>systemd</command> uses configuration files
+ from the above directories to configure
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sysctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- kernel parameters to load during boot. Each
- configuration file is named in the style of
- <filename>/etc/sysctl.d/<program>.conf</filename>.</para>
+ kernel parameters to load during boot.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<para>Note that both / and . are accepted as
separators in sysctl variable names.</para>
- <para>Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
+ <para>Each configuration file is named in the style of
+ <filename><program>.conf</filename>.
+ Files in <filename>/etc/</filename> overwrite
files with the same name in <filename>/usr/lib/</filename>.
Files in <filename>/run</filename> overwrite files with
the same name in <filename>/etc/</filename> and