set sysctl ${topdir}sysctl set test "sysctl write from command line" spawn $sysctl --dry-run kernel.hostname=procps-test expect_pass "$test" "kernel.hostname = procps-test" set test "sysctl write from command line using slash" spawn $sysctl --dry-run kernel/hostname=procps-test expect_pass "$test" "kernel.hostname = procps-test" set test "sysctl write from configuration file" spawn $sysctl --dry-run -f ${topdir}testsuite/sysctl_glob_test.conf expect_pass "$test" "fs.protected_fifos = 2\\s+fs.protected_symlinks = 2\\s+fs.protected_hardlinks = 1" set test "sysctl write from file with slashes" spawn $sysctl --dry-run -f ${topdir}testsuite/sysctl_slash_test.conf expect_pass "$test" "kernel.hostname = procps-test" set hostname_file "/proc/sys/kernel/hostname" if {[file exists ${hostname_file}]} { if {[file writable ${hostname_file}]} { unsupported "sysctl write: hostname file is writable" } else { set test "sysctl write unwritable file" spawn $sysctl -q kernel.hostname=procpstest expect_pass "$test" "sysctl: permission denied on key \"kernel.hostname\"\\s*$" expect_spawn_retval "$test" 1 set test "sysctl write unwritable file ignored" spawn $sysctl -q -- -kernel.hostname=procpstest expect_pass "$test" "sysctl: permission denied on key \"kernel.hostname\", ignoring\\s*$" expect_spawn_retval "$test" 0 } } else { unsupported "sysctl write: hostname file does not exist" }