freebsd-sysctl 0.0.7

Native Python wrapper for FreeBSD sysctls using libc.

py-freebsd_sysctl

Native Python wrapper for FreeBSD sysctls using libc.

This Python 3 interface for FreeBSD sysctl has no third party dependency and does not require a compile step to install. It is meant for performant (read) access to sysctls, their type, value and description.

>>> from freebsd_sysctl import Sysctl
>>> Sysctl("security.jail.enforce_statfs").value
2
>>> Sysctl("security.jail.enforce_statfs").ctl_type
<class 'freebsd_sysctl.types.INT'>
>>> Sysctl("security.jail.enforce_statfs").description
'Processes in jail cannot see all mounted file systems (deprecated)'

With either a sysctl name or oid the other properties provide memoized access to lazy-loaded properties.

Properties

Read/Write

Property Name	Description
name	String identifier of the sysctl.
oid	List of Integer values identifying the sysctl.

Read-Only

Read Property Name	Description
value	Value of a sysctl. sysctl <name>
ctl_type	sysctl type class. sysctl -t <name>
description	Text description of the sysctl. sysctl -d <name>

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This project is heavily inspired by johalun/sysctl-rs. Kudos to @fabianfreyer for untiring support and debugging.

It is developed and maintained by Stefan Grönke (@gronke) and published under BSD 2-Clause License.