Improve the formatting and content for the sysctl module's description.

reviewable/pr18780/r1
Keith Buck 11 years ago
parent 2921775944
commit 5397f90f0c

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DOCUMENTATION = '''
---
module: sysctl
short_description: Permit to handle sysctl.conf entries
short_description: Manage entries in sysctl.conf.
description:
- This module manipulates sysctl entries and performs a I(/sbin/sysctl -p) after changing them.
- This module manipulates sysctl entries and optionally performs a C(/sbin/sysctl -p) after changing them.
version_added: "1.0"
options:
name:
description:
- this is the short path, decimal separated, to the sysctl entry
- The dot-separated path (aka I(key)) specifying the sysctl variable.
required: true
default: null
aliases: [ 'key' ]
value:
description:
- set the sysctl value to this entry
- Desired value of the sysctl key.
required: false
default: null
aliases: [ 'val' ]
state:
description:
- whether the entry should be present or absent
- Whether the entry should be present or absent.
choices: [ "present", "absent" ]
default: present
checks:
description:
- if C(checks)=I(none) no smart/facultative checks will be made
- if C(checks)=I(before) some checks performed before any update (ie. does the sysctl key is writable ?)
- if C(checks)=I(after) some checks performed after an update (ie. does kernel give back the set value ?)
- if C(checks)=I(both) all the smart checks I(before and after) are performed
- If C(none), no smart/facultative checks will be made. If
C(before), some checks are performed before any update (i.e. is
the sysctl key writable?). If C(after), some checks are performed
after an update (i.e. does kernel return the set value?). If
C(both), all of the smart checks (C(before) and C(after)) are
performed.
choices: [ "none", "before", "after", "both" ]
default: both
reload:
description:
- if C(reload=yes), performs a I(/sbin/sysctl -p) if the C(sysctl_file) is updated
- if C(reload=no), does not reload I(sysctl) even if the C(sysctl_file) is updated
- If C(yes), performs a I(/sbin/sysctl -p) if the C(sysctl_file) is
updated. If C(no), does not reload I(sysctl) even if the
C(sysctl_file) is updated.
choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
default: "yes"
sysctl_file:
description:
- specifies the absolute path to C(sysctl.conf), if not /etc/sysctl.conf
- Specifies the absolute path to C(sysctl.conf), if not C(/etc/sysctl.conf).
required: false
default: /etc/sysctl.conf
notes: []

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