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authorChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2022-02-13 20:04:33 +0100
committerChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2022-02-13 20:36:05 +0100
commit05d6085f93df440fe5f8d0d06f63e7be6e9da4b4 (patch)
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parent620cca9750594f1f6a1d8f2f54096b68b1221513 (diff)
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vyos.util: T4191: add new sysctl() helper function
(cherry picked from commit b40315b3c5051888f499961e63410e14c5d1bad7)
-rw-r--r--python/vyos/util.py9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/util.py b/python/vyos/util.py
index f2f302559..149deabc4 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -805,3 +805,12 @@ def boot_configuration_complete() -> bool:
if os.path.isfile(config_status):
return True
return False
+
+def sysctl(name, value):
+ """ Change value via sysctl() - return True if changed, False otherwise """
+ tmp = cmd(f'sysctl {name}')
+ # last list index contains the actual value - only write if value differs
+ if tmp.split()[-1] != str(value):
+ call(f'sysctl -wq {name}={value}')
+ return True
+ return False