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authorChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2022-02-13 20:04:33 +0100
committerChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2022-02-13 20:04:33 +0100
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parent27daf4a6cd4928be41ed08330ccc1b7f04ad2638 (diff)
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vyos.util: T4191: add new sysctl() helper function
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-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 571d43754..1767ff9d3 100644
--- a/python/vyos/util.py
+++ b/python/vyos/util.py
@@ -997,3 +997,12 @@ 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