sysctl command reports: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.all.stable_secret"

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Issue

  • Why does the sysctl command report these errors about stable_secret?

    # sysctl -a | grep stable_secret
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.all.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.br0.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.default.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.enp0s31f6.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.lo.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.virbr0.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.virbr0-nic.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.virbr1.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.virbr1-nic.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.virbr2.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.virbr2-nic.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.virbr3.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.virbr3-nic.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.vnet0.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.vnet1.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.vnet2.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.vnet3.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.vnet4.stable_secret"
sysctl: reading key "net.ipv6.conf.wlp58s0.stable_secret"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • sysctl

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